J.R.R. Tolkien

Have you ever wondered about J.R.R. Tokkien?  If you don’t, that’s okay.  But if you do, you should answer my question!  He was a famous writer.  True or false?  True!  I’ll tell you about it.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s books are full of imaginary creatures.  He wrote about hobbits, goblins, orcs, trolls, dragons, elves, and dwarves.  Do you wonder about hobbits, dragons, dwarves, elves, goblins, trolls, or orcs?  Well, you’re about to find out!  Hobbits are little people who have very furry toes.  A dwarf is a little person as well, but slightly taller than hobbits.  They are greedy but smart.  Dragons are creatures who breath fire.  Smaug was a dragon called a firedrake.  Orcs are scary creatures who work for Sauron.  They live on blood.  They are evil.  Goblins are creatures who hate dwarves.  They also like to pursue the company.  Elves are good and bad.  Elves captured dwarves in The Hobbit, but another group of elves helped the dwarves.  In The Lord of the Rings, they helped them.  Elves don’t like dwarves, but dwarves hate elves.  Gimli, a dwarf, must not have liked staying in Elrond’s elf palace.

Where was Tolkien born?  He was born in South Africa on January 3, 1892.  Even though he was born in South Africa, he was not black or brown.  He was white.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s full name was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.  He was friends with C.S. Lewis.

I bet you are thinking, “When did he die?”  He died inside on September 2, 1973.  People probably mourned inside where he died.  I wish he were still alive.

Are you wondering where he died?  Well, you should be explodingly excited to learn that he died in Bournemouth, Dorset, England.  His age was eighty-one.

His books are good and really, really exciting.  I think he was a good writer.