One book, a masterpiece of a second-grader, is a hot topic at this library in Idaho.
The 8-year-old Dilon Helbig used his trip to the Ada Community Library’s Lake Hazel Branch in Boise with his grandma to leave his work there: The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Crismis by Dillon His Self.
He slipped the 81-page book when he visited the library in December. It was inside a red notebook and it’s colored with pencils.
He placed it onto the shelf in the kids’ picture-book section and no one noticed this. His grandma neither. She had no idea that her grandson did this “naughty” move.
Kid Slips His Book in the Library & this Is What the Manager Did
The book tells the story of Helbig decorating a Christmas tree when the star blasts him to a Thanksgiving and the North Pole. Grinch, the popular holiday antagonist, appears at the end of the book.
The prospective writer told his mom Susan that he left the book on the shelf in the library. However, when they went to look for it two days after the event, the book wasn’t where he placed it.
Susan then contacted the library to find out if they have located it and she asked them not to throw it away. The branch manager, Alex Hartman, said that together with other library workers, they had found the book and it was too special to be thrown away.
Although a sneaky act, the employees and even Hartman’s 6-year-old got a good laugh out of it.
Dillon Has a Huge Passion for Libraries & Books & Is a Talented Writer
Hartman explains that Dillon is a confident and generous boy who wanted to tell his story. He doesn’t think he did it for self-promotion, but rather to share this lovely story with others.
Since he’s been a long user of the library, Hartman added, he knows how books are shared. His book was therefore officially added to the graphic novels section.
It allows library members to read it. For Dillon, this is a dream come true. He wanted to do it since he was five and he’s always had a big passion for libraries and books.
Dillon has been visiting libraries since he was a baby. What’s more, he’s also a winner of the Whodini Award for Best Young Novelist that’s named after the owl mascot of the library.
Today, the locals have already signed up to see the book and the number of people on the waitlist exceeded the number 50. The readers can keep the book for up to a month; however, since it’s in high demand, they cannot renew it.
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