A mostly forgotten Looney Tunes character of the late 30s and early 40s is Sniffles. Sniffles was created by Chuck Jones and appeared in a dozen films. Initially, he was an annoyingly and cloyingly cute mouse. Later, probably due to the public's dislike of the character, he was turned into an annoying non-stop chatterbox...which hastened his demise at the studio! As for me, I hated Sniffles as a kid and still cannot warm up to him....so it's no surprise that I am not a huge fan of "Sniffles and the Bookworm"...though I did think the Bookworm was awfully cute and enjoyable....mostly because he didn't talk.
This 1939 cartoon is in color and has gorgeous animation....and it's the best thing about the film. It is very typical of many Looney Tunes cartoons of the era, as it has Sniffles and Bookworm wandering about stacks of books as characters from them came to life. It's not bad...mostly because Sniffles isn't so cloyingly cute in this one, though the cartoon also isn't all that funny. Worth seeing so you can see Sniffles at his best but otherwise a rahter unremarkable short.