Clinton Gregory

Another cute book I have to share with all of you! I was going to spare the blogosphere my latest favorite find, but being in the library today coming across so many "duds" before finding a few to check out, I figured sometimes it's nice to have one to search for.

And so you get CLINTON GREGORY. Or more formally, Clinton Gregory's Secret by Bruce Whatley.


This book starts out in a little boy's (Clinton Gregory's) room. Mentioning that he has a secret, or more likely at least 7 secrets from last week alone. His room is very bright and colorful and there are lots of toys and figures in the illustration that you'll go back to see!
The first "secret" is that on Monday night, Clinton Gregory wrestled a dragon. But the dragon was actually a friend of his. Each night of the week it's something different, from dining with giants to playing catch with a magic seahorse. If you simply go back to that first page - you'll notice that Clinton Gregory sleeps with a stuffed dragon, has a book on giants, and a bedspread with seahorses, etc.

I love this book. I love the imagination that it took to create. I love that it feels like each night I'm glimpsing into Clinton Gregory's life via my two year old who lays awake singing songs with his "guys" that he's brought to bed. Tonight they were pirates - other nights they are performers - and sometimes they're simply the superheroes that they are. Either way - D has his own adventures with them. Though he's still too young really to be imagining scenarios as vividly as he does, he's doing it. He's going on an adventure every night in his mind - and like our new friend Clinton Gregory, it's all sparked by the things that are around him.

This is a great book. Boy or girl, this deserves to be on your to-find list on your next trip to the library.