I’m sure there are plenty of fun videos out there about books and reading, and I hope readers will point me in the direction of others besides the ones on this list.

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I’ve used the videos on this list both as “discussion starters” and as fun ways to end a class when I have a few minutes of “extra” time left:

Here’s the famous “Gotta Keep Reading” video from Ocoee Middle School:

Here’s what books do at night when we’re not looking:

Here’s a fun combination of library scenes from movies and TV shows:

“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” won the Oscar for Best Animated Short this year. It’s described as taking:

…place in a world where books are living creatures. It offers sentimental tale about the power of books and storytelling.

Here it is:

Here’s a Rube Goldberg machine that turns the pages of your newspaper:

Here’s one on organizing a bookcase:

Book Dominoes:

A maze grows in London is a Washington Post slideshow and Artists create maze using 250,000 books is a CBS News slideshow — both about the same event. Even though they’re not videos, I’m adding them to this list.

As I mentioned earlier, I hope you’ll recommend more!

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