The Hobbit - Chapter 01 - An Unexpected Party - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Tuor in Gondolin · 01-20-2006, 10:39 AM

While TH can be read as a children's book
or adult's there are some arguments for
it as a children's book.

1.)JRRT actually created it as one of the stories
he told his children (like Roverandom).

2.)t works very well as a read aloud book to children
(I did so to a fourth grade class with various students
taking parts (I got to be the narrator- and Gandalf,after all, I had to buy multiple copies for the class to read) . Btw, three boys got to be
bad guys and were repeatedly killed (trolls, spiders,
goblins, etc.). There were some great death scenes.

3.)And, as noted above, it was originally not in
the legendarium (hence the more comic dwarves).

01-20-2006, 10:39 AM	#27
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	While TH can be read as a children's book or adult's there are some arguments for it as a children's book. 1.)JRRT actually created it as one of the stories he told his children (like Roverandom). 2.)t works very well as a read aloud book to children (I did so to a fourth grade class with various students taking parts (I got to be the narrator- and Gandalf,after all, I had to buy multiple copies for the class to read) . Btw, three boys got to be bad guys and were repeatedly killed (trolls, spiders, goblins, etc.). There were some great death scenes. 3.)And, as noted above, it was originally not in the legendarium (hence the more comic dwarves). __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.' Last edited by Tuor in Gondolin; 01-20-2006 at 10:42 AM.