JRR Tolkien

In the 4th grade at our school, the kids pick a famous person and put together a "living museum" about their life. Gavin picked JRR Tolkien from a handful of great options he had come up with. He spent several weeks on this project learning about Mr. Tolkien and putting together a time line of his life (in the background of the first photo). He was most surprised to learn that Mr. Tolkien had two books that were in the top 10 grossing books of all time: The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings as well as learning that he formed a literary group at Oxford with another well know author:  C.S. Lewis called the Inklings. In addition to the time line he had create a speech to recite when parents would come and push his "start" button. He was fabulous as he spoke with an English accent, sucked on his real tabacco-free pipe, and paused to contemplate what to say next as that too was part of his "script".

I present the young JRR Tolkien: