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Marileangorifurnimaluim · 01-24-2002, 07:58 PM

I actually saw the cartoon version of "The Hobbit" first! But it didn't encourage me to read the Hobbit. I ran across the LotR scrounging in my Dad's library. He noticed I'd devoured Lloyd Alexander and had finished the Narnia Chronicles and said "dear, you might be interested in this.." He regretted it. He barely got two sentences out of me for the rest of the visit.

I was 12-13, but at the time was reading the 'Scarlet Letter' and 'House of the Seven Gables' so the reading comprehension was there.

I think it depends most on what your kids are reading now. A child who's just finished the 800-page 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' is ripe for Tolkien. In fact I view Harry Potter as Tolkien training wheels. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

01-24-2002, 07:58 PM	#17
Marileangorifurnimaluim Eerie Forest Spectre Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Buried in scrolls of fanfiction Posts: 798	I actually saw the cartoon version of "The Hobbit" first! But it didn't encourage me to read the Hobbit. I ran across the LotR scrounging in my Dad's library. He noticed I'd devoured Lloyd Alexander and had finished the Narnia Chronicles and said "dear, you might be interested in this.." He regretted it. He barely got two sentences out of me for the rest of the visit. I was 12-13, but at the time was reading the 'Scarlet Letter' and 'House of the Seven Gables' so the reading comprehension was there. I think it depends most on what your kids are reading now. A child who's just finished the 800-page 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' is ripe for Tolkien. In fact I view Harry Potter as Tolkien training wheels. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Deserves death! I daresay he does... And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them?