8-Year-Old Boy Who Snuck His Self Made Book Into Library Now Has 2-Years Waiting List

• Eight-year-old Dillon Helbig wrote about a Christmas adventure on the pages of a red-cover notebook and illustrated it with coloured pencils but wanted to share it with other people
• Days later, during a visit to a Library in Boise with his grandmother, he secretly slipped the 81-page book onto a children’s picture-book shelf
• The book was added to the library and Dillon received an award; now locals have signed up to check out the book, which had a waitlist of 55 people on Saturday

An 8-year-old's hope to share his original book with others has led to a 55-person waitlist at an Idaho library.

Book becomes hot commodity

Dillon Helbig used a trip to the Ada Community Library's Lake Hazel Branch in Boise with his grandmother as the perfect chance to share his original work, The Adventures of Dillon Helbig's Crismis by "Dillon His Self," with readers.

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His book tells the story of Helbig decorating a Christmas tree when the star blasts him to the first Thanksgiving and the North Pole.

He told his mother, Susan Helbig, about leaving his book on the library shelf. But when they went to retrieve it two days later, it wasn't there.

Susan contacted the library to see if his book had been discovered, and asked that it not be thrown away.

Alex Hartman, the branch manager, told the outlet that he and other library staffers found Dillon's book.

"It was far too obviously special an item for us to consider getting rid of it," he said.

Dillion's dream come true

Dillon's book was officially added to the library's graphic-novels section, allowing library cardholders to check out the special item and enjoy it for themselves.

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He was also awarded the library's first-ever Whodini Award for Best Young Novelist, named after the library's owl mascot, per The Washington Post.

2-year-old boy saves family from fire

A two-year-old boy has been credited for saving his family from a house fire.

Nathan and Kayla Dahl from Texas in the US, were woken up by their toddler son Brandon on Monday, January 17.

The Washington Post reported Brandon tapped his mother on foot while notifying her about the raging inferno with the few words he knew.

Kayla said she initially thought the boy wanted his pyjamas removed but soon realised what he wanted to tell her.

Source: Legit.ng