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Darby · 07-02-2003, 02:16 PM

I was about 12 when I read the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings - and was just crushed when I couldn't get through the Silmarillion. I was in University before I had the courage to pick it up again! (Early traumas... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img])
The youngest I've ever heard of anyone reading Tolkien was starting the Hobbit at 4, followed by LOTR between 5 and 6. That wasn't fully independant reading, though, as the stories had been read aloud to the child first.

07-02-2003, 02:16 PM	#15
Darby Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The land of ice and snow. Posts: 32	I was about 12 when I read the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings - and was just crushed when I couldn't get through the Silmarillion. I was in University before I had the courage to pick it up again! (Early traumas... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]) The youngest I've ever heard of anyone reading Tolkien was starting the Hobbit at 4, followed by LOTR between 5 and 6. That wasn't fully independant reading, though, as the stories had been read aloud to the child first. __________________ My favorite scene that never made it into the movie: "By Elbereth and Luthien the fair," said Frodo with a last effort, lifting up his sword, "You shall have neither the Ring nor me!"