Saving The Night

"Saving The Night" takes place in the land of The Quetico"

There is a king, a queen and a prince. The prince ends up trying to save his dog and falls down a well for 2 days. After that he becomes afraid of the dark.

Years go by and prince Quentin turns 16. King David tells him he must go and by the mayor of Atikokan. When David arrives he is still afraid of the dark. He then puts lights up in the Village of Atikokan and into the forest to help him not be afraid of the dark.

Prince Quentin steals the night. Monty "the Mushroom" and Patsy " The daisy" decides we must safe the night. Even though they're just a mushroom and a daisy they use their friendship and courage and meet many kind strangers along their journey to save the night.

The Prince learns how to use the power within himself to over come his fear of the dark and apologizes to the nocturnal plants and animals and those who love and need the dark and those who need and love the light celebrate all night,

This is Matty Caron's first Children's book, " Saving The Night".

It is a story his dear friend David Heiptas told him 30 years ago and wanted to publish, but died several years ago.

Matty Caron grew up in St. Paul , MN and has been practicing chiropractic on the corner of Snelling and Randolph for the past 30 years.

He lives with his wife Michelle in Hudson WI where they raised their two sons Jacob and Danny.

Danny loves children books and Matty and Michelle still enjoy reading books to him. Matty has always wanted to write a children's book and thought bring David's book to life was the perfect project to start. The project took nearly 5 years to complete.

Bill Tierney is an incredible Illustrator and painted each illustration in the book. "Saving The Night" Wouldn't of happened without Bill's works of art.

Jamie Schultz photographed the paintings for the printing of " Saving The Night".

Willie Burns did all the graphic formatting of the manuscript and covers. Bill Tierney lives in St. Paul and works at the Assumption Church. He is an incredible artist and loves to paint and illustrate. He has a gift of bringing characters to live with a whimsical charm. He has illustrate other books and is excited to continue to work on other books in his future. He also paints murals and portraits. "Saving The Night" is a copulation of nearly 40 paintings of Bill. It's a book full of works of art. This book is dedicated to David Heitpas. He was a very kind gentleman and a wonderful storyteller. This Book is David's story that he shared with me nearly 30 years ago.