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 ...

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 ... read The Hobbit as a child and recall a little ...

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 ...