JULY 31.
31) The book that reminds you of someone special
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce
This is one of the rare books that has been preceded with iPad app and Academy Award–winning animated short film.
YES you understood correctly first there was a short movie and then came the book!
It is a book for dreamers and book lovers.
It is best described as an “allegory about the curative powers of story”.
The book was inspired by William Morris, children’s books publisher at HarperCollins and Joyce’s mentor. Joyce wrote a story about a man who gives his life to books when he was on an airplane flight to visit Morris. Joyce read the story to Morris, who died a few days after that.
Here is a link for the much praised short movie
I read this book and had to gift it to someone special who is as much of a dreamer and has imagination with similar curative powers.
