TY - BOOK AU - Carr,Simonetta TI - J. R. R. Tolkien for kids: his life and writings, with 21 activities T2 - For kids SN - 9781641603461 PY - 2021///] CY - Chicago, Illinois PB - Chicago Review Press KW - Tolkien, J. R. R. KW - Authors, English KW - 20th century KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Novelists, English KW - Biographies KW - lcgft KW - Illustrated works N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 115-119) and index; From African deserts to a lost paradise -- Changes and heartbreaks -- Undergraduate -- Wartime -- Lost tales found -- There lived a hobbit -- The Lord of the Rings -- Retirement and legacy N2 - Introduce a new generation of readers to the man who wrote the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit. This book takes young readers through the exciting life of the man who created amazing new worlds and helps kids discover how he could see them. Explore the personal experiences and subjects that inspired Tolkien's stories through hands-on activities, and learn how he influenced his contemporaries as well as later writers ER -