The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a 2011 animated short film directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg,[2] and produced by Moonbot Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana.

[3] Described as an "allegory about the curative powers of story," the film centers on bibliophile Lessmore and his custodianship of a magical library of flying books.

The book's pages flip back and forth to animate an illustration of Humpty Dumpty, who urges Morris to follow him.

He takes care of the books, even saving the life of an early French edition of Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon after it suffers a catastrophic injury falling from a shelf.

Eventually Morris begins to rewrite his memoir, sharing passages with the flying books who gather around him on the grassy hill opposite the library.

Joyce wrote a story about a man who gives his life to books when he was on an airplane flight to visit Morris.

[4] Morris Lessmore was visually modeled after the silent film actor Buster Keaton.

"Louisiana celebrates this Oscar win with the exceptionally talented and creative staff of Moonbot Studios in Shreveport," Jindal said.