Author & Illustrator: William Joyce
Publisher: Antheneum
Publication Year: 2012
Location: Knox County Public Library- Lawson McGhee
Awards: Kirkus starred review, inspired the Academy Award winning short film
Summary: Morris Lessmore loves books and then a storm comes and destroys his house and the book that he was writing. (And the illustrations go from color to sepia) He looks up and sees a lovely lady being pulled by flying books (Back to full color now) and she sends him his own flying book. The book takes him to an amazing library where the books are all alive. Morris starts to take care of the library and share the books with everyone. He starts to write his own book again. The years pass until Morris has written the last page of his book. He flies away and a little girl comes and begins to read his finished book.
Classroom Ideas: The book opens with a beautiful metaphor: "His life was a book of his own writing..." There's also a great deal of alliteration: "happy bit of happenstance" "lovely lady" "festive squadron of flying book" The whole story is based on personification as the books in the library are alive.
Extras: there is an ipad app as well as a short film based on this book
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