To this day, it remains a landmark series that revitalized fantasy in pop culture and introducting J.R.R. Tolkien to a new generation ... among the kids listening to Bilbo tell tales of his ...

He may have been a world-famous author, but Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien also used his talents to entertain those closer to home. In a BBC series looking at the "wonders" of Oxford's ...

The story of the young writer J R R Tolkien, his experiences in the First ... I also knew that some of the parents encouraged their kids to be friends with me because of that and it never worked ...

From 1920 to 1943, J.R.R. Tolkien, the novelist who would later ... which Tolkien cleverly used as an explanation for why his kids might not get every single gift they had asked for.

We're talking about the opening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson's film adaptation (Part 1) of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic ... red meat that turns kids into book carnivores.

Last week marked the 50th anniversary of the death of J.R.R. Tolkien, a date which yielded ... reading “The Lord of the Rings” aloud to kids two and three — this is the second time through ...

Next up, we have The Silmarillion, newly published late this year in a brand new format with absolutely stunning artwork by none other than J.R.R. Tolkien ... gift for kids. The second edition ...

For many of us, it began with a hole - a hobbit hole. But for J.R.R. Tolkien, he started elsewhere. Born on Jan. 3, 1892, in South Africa, Tolkien had a difficult childhood. While he may be best ...

If you like J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings ... These are the folks who learn Elvish, who name their kids Bilbo or Gandalf or Galadriel. A professor in graduate school once caught me scrolling ...