J.R.R. Tolkien for Kids

Simonetta Carris the author ofMichelangelo for Kids,Cleopatra and Ancient Egypt for Kids, Ancient Romans and Their Neighbors,and the award-winning Christian Biographies for Young Readers series.

Time Line
 
1: From African Deserts to a Lost Paradise
            How Small Can You Write?
Turn a Blade of Grass into a Whistle
Create an Elegant Handwriting Style
Make a Shadowy Dragon Come Alive
2: Changes and Heartbreaks
Build a Kite
Create a Rebus
What If?
3: Undergraduate
            Make a Batch of Marmalade
            Rewrite an Ancient Tale
4: Wartime
            Invent a New Code
Make a Soldier’s Staple Food
Press Flowers
5: Lost Tales Found
Paint an Enchanted Winter Forest
Write a Letter from Father Christmas
6: There Lived a Hobbit
Write a Short Book Review
Draw a Map for a Story
Make Mushroom Toast
7: The Lord of the Rings
            Grow a Little Garden
            Create Your Version of the Necklace of Girion
Join the Chorus of Middle-earth
            Turns Your Friends into Heroes
8: Success and Retirement
Epilogue: Tolkien’s Legacy
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Resources to Explore
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index