E. Dorinda Shelley’s “Helium Heels” takes unusual risks, say Foreword Reviews

“‘Helium Heels’ is a farm-centered picture book that takes unusual risks,” wrote Karen Rigby in her review of the said children’s book for Foreword Reviews.
 
Written by E. Dorinda Shelley and illustrated by Eleanor A. Hutton, “Helium Heels” reintroduces Little Black Hen’s ghost babies – Tommy, Willy, Brando, Elliot, and Little Becky – to readers of The Helium Books series. They are revealed to be ghostly pranksters in the barn. Their prank on a skunk gets backfired and, in the process, they get sprayed.
 
The most exciting part of “Helium Heels” starts when the ghost babies, still not learning their lesson, decide to play a prank on the donkeys by painting their hoofs – with helium red paint.
 
Thanks to the ghost babies’ latest prank, the day ay the farm turns into “a kaleidoscopic block party,” as what Rigby described it to be.
 
“The book’s illustrations elevate it with free-wheeling arrangements and pops of color. They are crowded but capture the tone of the book, placing Kath and the animals somewhere between reality and fantasy.”
 
Order E. Dorinda Shelley’s “Helium Heels” today through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
 
 
 
 
Helium Heels
Written by E. Dorinda Shelley
Published by PG Gott Books
Published date: June 22, 2012
Paperback price: $12.95
 
About the Author
 
Dr. E. Dorinda Shelley is a retired dermatologist. She grew up in Missouri, spending weekends on a farm with friendly horses. She, her husband, and three children lived for many years on a “farmette” in NW Ohio, surrounded by many of the animals in this story. This is the third in a series of books she has written and Eleanor Hutton has illustrated.
 

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