Between the Bookends: 12 Books We Read in April 2018
In this month’s Between the Bookends, Mel, Nivi, Sophie, Rebecca, and Lisa share their latest reading as Between the Bookends moves to a new publishing schedule.
Continue ReadingIn this month’s Between the Bookends, Mel, Nivi, Sophie, Rebecca, and Lisa share their latest reading as Between the Bookends moves to a new publishing schedule.
Continue ReadingHistorian E.H. Kern has some thoughts. Behold—here they are.
Continue ReadingThis article continues the thoughts on the importance of stories that I touched on in “Madeleine L’Engle on Courage From Stories” earlier this week.
Continue ReadingIn a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” –J.R.R. Tolkien, The […]
Continue ReadingThis month in Between the Bookends, the GeekMoms have been reading about alien parasites, parenting skills, dark fantasy, climbing Everest, and the songs that tell the story of modern Britain.
Continue ReadingJust before the holidays, my youngest son and I performed our usual mid-December ritual: Skip school to see The Hobbit on opening day.
Continue ReadingThis all-ages graphic novel features a feisty, adventurous girl seeking her lost brother in a fantasy medieval setting.
Continue ReadingAre you looking for a last-minute gift idea for your favorite Tolkien-fan-geek? Look no further than your favorite bookstore for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Chronicles: Art & Design
Continue ReadingAnnual letters from Santa, inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s family tradition.
Continue ReadingBring a little Middle Earth into your home this fall.
Continue ReadingThe Magical Books exhibition at Oxford’s Bodleian Library explores the incredible imaginative worlds of children’s fantasy literature through a variety of rare and interesting maps, books, and objects.
Continue ReadingPark the gadgets and keep the road trip bonding flowing with our extensive list of great audio books the whole family will love.
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