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J. R. R. Tolkien for kids : his life and writings, with 21 activities / Simonetta Carr.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: --for kids (Chicago, Ill.)Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: v, 128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781641603461
  • 1641603461
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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. Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Biography TOLKIEN, J. C312 Available 33111010676142
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography TOLKIEN, J. C312 Checked out 04/07/2024 33111010566095
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's Biography TOLKIEN, J. C312 Available 33111009852621
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Introduce a new generation of readers to the man who wrote the phenomenally beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit .



J. R. R. Tolkien for Kids 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--like you!



* Make a Shadowy Dragon Come to Life

* Make a Batch of Marmalade

* Rewrite an Ancient Tale

* Invent a New Code

* Paint an Enchanted Forest

* Draw a Map for a Story

* Make Mushroom Toast

* Turn Your Friends into Heroes



Discover who Tolkien was, not only as a writer, but also as a soldier, researcher, teacher, friend, husband, and father.

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.

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. Provided by publisher.

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