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A bookshop comes alive at night: The Joy of Books

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When a magical book shop closes for the evening, the books come alive to magically rearrange themselves on all of the shelves. The Joy of Books is a delightful stop-motion animation by Sean Ohlenkamp, who, with the help of lots of volunteer book wranglers, shot the short film after hours inside Toronto’s Type Books.

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