The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Mr. Morris Lessmore sitting 

outside his home playing with some of his books.

I absolutely loved the story The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore! In the beginning of the book Morris is in a horrible wind storm and all of his books get messed up. Then Morris wanders and wanders until he finds someone. The girl he finds gives him a book. That book leads him to a building filled with books! Mr. Lessmore assumes full responsibility for the books. He  fixes them, plays with them, and of course reads them! But eventually years start to pass and the books and Morris get older and as Morris Lessmore's life comes to an end he drifts off on some flying books. Morris's books are lonely, but one day a little girl wanders into the building and so the cycle repeats.

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a great tale for all ages and is a wonderful family story. The pictures in the book are very detailed and are fun to look at. I give this story a 10 out of 10 for illustration, but even though I loved the end of the story, the beginning was a little boring and moved too fast to follow in parts. Overall I would think that the theme of this story is to be creative and never lose hope because eventually your passion will come back to you and life will get better!

This short film is based off of the story The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. It is a silent film and it even won an Academy Award!

I recently watched this clip and I completely see and feel the book in it. I loved how the music changed as his feelings changed like how the color of things changed as he changed in the book. When I watch this clip I feel like I'm part of the story too because of how the creator of the film made that emptiness in Morris. You just want to jump in the movie and make Morris feel better!