{"id":5643,"date":"2013-07-15T21:27:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=5643"},"modified":"2026-01-15T18:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:32:27","slug":"animated-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=5643","title":{"rendered":"Animated Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, I didn’t get an idea for a blog today until about 5:00pm, when I decided to read what I had recommended to other bloggers, as good blog topic material and it worked!! I keyed in “video of the day” and was directed to Mashable.com<\/a> – a site that I usually find very interesting. Fortunately it didn’t let me down today.<\/p>\n

Since I have been talking a bit about books lately, I was drawn to this animated video in stop motion photography about a book store coming to life.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s quite short, but very engaging. I’m not sure that you would get the same effect with a collection of e-books on a reader. Alas, too many book stores have been closing. We may have gained the convenience of immediate downloads, but I think that we have lost a lot of the entertainment that comes with browsing through book shelves and stacks of books!!<\/p>\n

Have an animated day!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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