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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Review for I Thought I Saw a Dragon Late Last Night
“I Thought I Saw A Dragon Late Last Night” is a simple story about the
wonder of a child’s vivid imagination. Follow a young boy as he goes in search
of an elusive Dragon. Is the Dragon real or imaginary??? You be the judge...It
is sure to bring out the child in us all...
Clayton Liotta is an Author, Illustrator, Cartoonist, and Film
Maker with quite a background. As a boy, a band of gypsies found him living
under a squashed cabbage leaf. They whisked him away, and made him part of their
roving caravan, where he learned the ancient art of broom making. He spent
countless hours weaving straw into brooms and listening to stories told by
tribal elders. Sitting around the campfire, Clayton was fascinated by the
gypsies' ancient tales. Soon, he found himself sketching in the dirt with
leftover pieces of straw. Once they saw his interpretive drawings, the gypsies
realized that they should preserve their unique stories on paper- along with
Clayton's sketches. An illustrator was born. Until now, Clayton's work was known
only in gypsy caravans. (And how many gypsy caravans do you see these days???)
Clayton has since left the simple gypsy lifestyle for bright lights, big cities,
cheeseburgers, fries, and cable TV.....Where he lives quietly!
I Thought I Saw A Dragon Late Last Night is a wonderful demonstration of a child’s
overactive imagination at bedtime. Certain he saw a dragon; a boy decides to
search everywhere to find it. He looks high and low, including at a beach and a
haunted house. Will the boy ever find this elusive dragon, or is it just his
imagination running amuck? Children from the ages of 5 and up will enjoy the rhythm and rhyme of this
36 page picture book. They will also like the illustrations and how the dragon
always appears in the most unlikely of places.
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