« It was done in secret says the little writer, proud of himself and his plan, but the result is pretty cool “. According to the American media, many of which relay this story, Dillon Helbig’s book is one of the most popular this week. Of New York Times to Washington Posthis adventure made the rounds of the country’s media.
In mid-December, Dillon cooks up a very funny Christmas story: after putting an explosive star on his Christmas tree, he is catapulted to the first Thanksgiving in history and to the North Pole. The book, signed Dillon himself », is more than 81 pages. Not wanting to keep his work to himself, he took the opportunity, during a visit to the community library of Ada, in Boise, to discreetly place it in the middle of children’s books.
As he returns to the library 2 days later with his mother, the book is no longer present on the shelves. “Dillon’s book was far too special an item for us to consider getting rid of,” said library director Alex Hartman. Spotted by the latter, the book is read by his son, Cruzen, who finds it very funny. The team of librarians then decides, with the enthusiastic agreement of Dillon’s parents, to put a barcode on the notebook so that it can be borrowed.
“He invents incredible stories and adventures, and we follow the movement,” says Dillon’s mother, Susan, delighted with the impact of her son’s initiative. The book has indeed become in great demand, after KTVB, a Boise news channel, wrote a story about the young boy’s story. On Saturday January 29, the queue was 55 people. Knowing that the maximum borrowing period is 4 weeks, the wait for the reading of The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Crismis thus extends to… more than 4 years!
No worries for his many fans: Dillon is already working on a sequel, in which he visits the Grinch and where his dog, Rusty, will play a very important role. According to his mother, the young boy inspire the spirits ”: in addition to leading a new writing workshop in the library, his school friends told him that they too wanted to start writing.
Credits: Susan Helbig