about the book
Mr. Morris Lessmore loves books. He has a whole library of them in his house. But what’s more is that Morris loves stories! He even loves the little words that make up the stories in his books. Even the stories that aren’t really happy stories.
All that is taken away from him in a terrible hurricane. Morris is whirled around through the air, like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, and ends up…somewhere else.
Morris meets a pretty lady in a strange land, who leads him to the most unusual of libraries. Here the books are alive! They fly around on their covers, and even read themselves to Morris before he goes to bed!
Will Morris ever want to leave this place?
about the author/illustrator
William Joyce was born on December 11, 1957. He wrote his first book in the fourth grade. Since that time he has become a well-known American author, filmmaker, and illustrator. He has written and illustrated more than 50 children’s books.
Joyce has been lucky enough to have his name on several big-budget Pixar and Disney films, such as Toy Story and A Bug’s Life. He also has some television shows currently airing, like Rolie Polie Olie on Disney Channel as well as George Shrinks on PBS. He wrote the books for both those stories as well.
In 2007 Joyce got another film made based on one of his children’s books, Meet the Robinsons, based off A Day with Wilbur Robinson. William is currently working on a series of novels and picture books, The Guardians of Childhood, which will consist of a total of 13 books.
Joyce lives with his wife Elizabeth and son Jackson in Louisiana. He lived through Hurricane Katrina, one of the main inspirations for the adventures Morris has in The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore.
Sources:
Author website
The Guardians of Childhood website
Author biography : Wikipedia
Also by William Joyce:
The Numberlys. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 2014.
The Mischievians. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 2013.
The Sandman (Guardians of Childhood). Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 2012.
The Man in the Moon (Guardians of Childhood). Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 2011.
A Day with Wilbur Robinson. Laura Geringer Books. 2006.
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