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BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Can you imagine writing to Father Christmas and actually getting a reply? For more than twenty years, the children of J.R.R. Tolkien received letters from the North Pole - from Father Christmas himself! They told wonderful stories of mischief and disaster, adventures, and battles: how the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place, how the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas's house, and many others.
Now, for the first time, these letters are brought to life with specially arranged holiday music.
REVIEW:
"Tolkien at his relaxed and ingenious best." The Times of London
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892-1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic extraordinary works of fiction as 'The Hobbit', 'The Lord of the Rings', and 'The Silmarillion.' His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
©1997, 2004 (P)1997 Harper Collins UK
Can you imagine writing to Father Christmas and actually getting a reply? For more than twenty years, the children of J.R.R. Tolkien received letters from the North Pole - from Father Christmas himself! They told wonderful stories of mischief and disaster, adventures, and battles: how the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place, how the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas's house, and many others.
Now, for the first time, these letters are brought to life with specially arranged holiday music.
REVIEW:
"Tolkien at his relaxed and ingenious best." The Times of London
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892-1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic extraordinary works of fiction as 'The Hobbit', 'The Lord of the Rings', and 'The Silmarillion.' His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
©1997, 2004 (P)1997 Harper Collins UK
111 pages, Paperback
First published September 2,1976
This edition
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111 pages, Paperback
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November 15, 2004 by Mariner Books
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9780618512652
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0618512659
- Language
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English
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Father Christmas
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Valkotukka
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Paksu
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Ilbereth
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: writer, artist, scholar, linguist. Known to millions around the world as the author of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien spent most of his life teaching at the University of Oxford where he was a distinguished academic in the fields of Old and Middle English and Old Norse. His creativity, confined to his spare time, found its outlet in fantasy works, stories for children, poetry, illustration and invented languages and alphabets.
Tolkien's most popular works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set in Middle-earth, an imagined world with strangely familiar settings inhabited by ancient and extraordinary peoples. Through this secondary world Tolkien writes perceptively of universal human concerns – love and loss, courage and betrayal, humility and pride – giving his books a wide and enduring appeal.
Tolkien was an accomplished amateur artist who painted for pleasure and relaxation. He excelled at landscapes and often drew inspiration from his own stories. He illustrated many scenes from The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, sometimes drawing or painting as he was writing in order to visualize the imagined scene more clearly.
Tolkien was a professor at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford for almost forty years, teaching Old and Middle English, as well as Old Norse and Gothic. His illuminating lectures on works such as the Old English epic poem, Beowulf, illustrate his deep knowledge of ancient languages and at the same time provide new insights into peoples and legends from a remote past.
Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1892 to English parents. He came to England aged three and was brought up in and around Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 1915 and saw active service in France during the First World War before being invalided home. After the war he pursued an academic career teaching Old and Middle English. Alongside his professional work, he invented his own languages and began to create what he called a mythology for England; it was this ‘legendarium' that he would work on throughout his life. But his literary work did not start and end with Middle-earth, he also wrote poetry, children's stories and fairy tales for adults. He died in 1973 and is buried in Oxford where he spent most of his adult life.
Tolkien's most popular works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set in Middle-earth, an imagined world with strangely familiar settings inhabited by ancient and extraordinary peoples. Through this secondary world Tolkien writes perceptively of universal human concerns – love and loss, courage and betrayal, humility and pride – giving his books a wide and enduring appeal.
Tolkien was an accomplished amateur artist who painted for pleasure and relaxation. He excelled at landscapes and often drew inspiration from his own stories. He illustrated many scenes from The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, sometimes drawing or painting as he was writing in order to visualize the imagined scene more clearly.
Tolkien was a professor at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford for almost forty years, teaching Old and Middle English, as well as Old Norse and Gothic. His illuminating lectures on works such as the Old English epic poem, Beowulf, illustrate his deep knowledge of ancient languages and at the same time provide new insights into peoples and legends from a remote past.
Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1892 to English parents. He came to England aged three and was brought up in and around Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 1915 and saw active service in France during the First World War before being invalided home. After the war he pursued an academic career teaching Old and Middle English. Alongside his professional work, he invented his own languages and began to create what he called a mythology for England; it was this ‘legendarium' that he would work on throughout his life. But his literary work did not start and end with Middle-earth, he also wrote poetry, children's stories and fairy tales for adults. He died in 1973 and is buried in Oxford where he spent most of his adult life.
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What a delightful book. Tolkien took time every year, not only to write a letter to his Children as Father Christmas, but to decorate the letter, draw Pictures and take special care with the lettering (in different colors), using different handwriting styles for Father Christmas, the Polar Bear and the Elf Illbereth. The stories are funny, but even hard to read as they were on a Kindle the letters themselves were gorgeous and fun to look at. He must have spent hours each December concocting and creating them with loving care.
Second “reading”:
I listened to an audiobook version, which was nice, except for the musical interludes. They weren’t bad per se, but very repetitive and too long. About 75% of them were the same tune (Joy to the World) and the rest split between two other tunes. The narrators were very good and I enjoyed the reading of the letters.
This book is really infinitely better in print, preferably on actual paper with the wonderful drawings Tolkien included in the letters. It’s lovely to listen to it and look at the book at the same time.
Second “reading”:
I listened to an audiobook version, which was nice, except for the musical interludes. They weren’t bad per se, but very repetitive and too long. About 75% of them were the same tune (Joy to the World) and the rest split between two other tunes. The narrators were very good and I enjoyed the reading of the letters.
This book is really infinitely better in print, preferably on actual paper with the wonderful drawings Tolkien included in the letters. It’s lovely to listen to it and look at the book at the same time.
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YES I probably should have read this around Christmas time HOWEVER a frosty morning is just as good
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3.5 When I first started reading this I thought what a fantastic idea, one I wish I has thought of when my children were young. Soon though I was caught up in the letters, waiting for the further adventures of polar bear and the cubs, the goblins and the old Ancient bear as well as the happenings on the North Pole. We can tell as the children age and quit believing in Santa as well as insights to what is happening in the rest of the world. Loved the colored pictures too.
Clever, clever, Tolkien. Lucky, lucky children.
Clever, clever, Tolkien. Lucky, lucky children.
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Conoscevo questo libro? No, l’ho scoperto grazie ai vostri post. Conoscevo questo scrittore? Si, ma mai letto! Mi sono innamorata di questo libro? SI SI
Lettere da Babbo Natale è un libro breve ma intenso che raccoglie tante lettere scritte da Babbo Natale (nonché lo stesso scrittore) mandate ai figli. Ogni dicembre i tre figli di Tolkien ricevono puntualmente una letterina in cui Babbo Natale si confida, descrive l’anno passato, il Natale imminente e le sue avventure con tanti aiutanti tra cui l’Orso Bianco del Nord, gli Elfi della neve, gli Gnomi Rossi, gli Uomini-Neve, Elfo Ilbereth, Paksu e Valkotukka.
Un libro che raccoglie tante lettere a partire dal 1920 dal figlio maggiore, all’ultima lettera del 1943 rivolta all’ultima figlia di Tolkien. Ogni letterina presente nel libro è accompagnata dalla lettera vera e propria e da tantissime illustrazioni meravigliose, disegni che riempiono il cuore.
Ripeto, non conoscevo questo titolo e averlo scoperto mi rende felicissima. Trovo che sia davvero un libro particolare e che la scelta dello scrittore sia stata davvero un’azione super bella: non è da tutti diventare Babbo Natale per i propri figli e renderli così felici in questo periodo magico. Per questo penso che sia un libro originale e magnifico, adatto sia ai più piccoli che ai più grandi. Un libro da leggere sia come libro della buonanotte per i più piccini o come libro di piacere per i più grandi. Perché una cosa è certa: anche se si è il Grinch, questo libro non può non far innamorare del Natale.
Un libro emozionante che potrebbe diventare anche un calendario dell’avvento: una letterina al giorno per immergersi nella totale magia del natale e immergersi nelle mille avventure di Babbo Nicola Natale.
Lettere da Babbo Natale è un libro breve ma intenso che raccoglie tante lettere scritte da Babbo Natale (nonché lo stesso scrittore) mandate ai figli. Ogni dicembre i tre figli di Tolkien ricevono puntualmente una letterina in cui Babbo Natale si confida, descrive l’anno passato, il Natale imminente e le sue avventure con tanti aiutanti tra cui l’Orso Bianco del Nord, gli Elfi della neve, gli Gnomi Rossi, gli Uomini-Neve, Elfo Ilbereth, Paksu e Valkotukka.
Un libro che raccoglie tante lettere a partire dal 1920 dal figlio maggiore, all’ultima lettera del 1943 rivolta all’ultima figlia di Tolkien. Ogni letterina presente nel libro è accompagnata dalla lettera vera e propria e da tantissime illustrazioni meravigliose, disegni che riempiono il cuore.
Ripeto, non conoscevo questo titolo e averlo scoperto mi rende felicissima. Trovo che sia davvero un libro particolare e che la scelta dello scrittore sia stata davvero un’azione super bella: non è da tutti diventare Babbo Natale per i propri figli e renderli così felici in questo periodo magico. Per questo penso che sia un libro originale e magnifico, adatto sia ai più piccoli che ai più grandi. Un libro da leggere sia come libro della buonanotte per i più piccini o come libro di piacere per i più grandi. Perché una cosa è certa: anche se si è il Grinch, questo libro non può non far innamorare del Natale.
Un libro emozionante che potrebbe diventare anche un calendario dell’avvento: una letterina al giorno per immergersi nella totale magia del natale e immergersi nelle mille avventure di Babbo Nicola Natale.
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This was adorable! Will definitely be passing along to my own children some day.
Even though the audiobook was well done, I’m not sure I could recommend considering they played the SAME song about 50 times.
Even though the audiobook was well done, I’m not sure I could recommend considering they played the SAME song about 50 times.
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Quite charming, particularly the wonderful illustrations and photos of the original beautiful handwriting. These are the Christmas letters and stories that Tolkien wrote to his four children - John, Michael, Christopher, and Priscilla - over the course of twenty Christmases.
Over the years the stories become more intricate and Father Christmas and Polar Bear evolve into Gandalf like fighters of goblins - whose forces rise alongside Nazism. For Tolkien fans.
Over the years the stories become more intricate and Father Christmas and Polar Bear evolve into Gandalf like fighters of goblins - whose forces rise alongside Nazism. For Tolkien fans.
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Estas cartas son una preciosidad. La esposa de Cristopher Tolkien , Baillie, recopila aquí las cartas que el mismo JRR Tolkien escribió firmando como Padre Navidad a sus 4 hijos por más de 20 años, desde 1920 hasta 1943, cuando ya su hija menor, Priscilla, alcanza los catorce años.
(Tolkien y sus hijos)
Algunos son mensajitos, otros son pequeños relatos de la vida en el Polo Norte con el Oso Polar haciendo travesuras, y a veces hay aventuras.
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Y entre medio, tejidos hay mensajes a sus hijos en los años de guerra acerca de como los niños en otros lados carecen de cosas, y acerca de como la oscuridad se cierne sobre el mundo pero es repelida como los trasgos.
«Supongo que recordarás que hace unos años tuvimos problemas con los trasgos y que pensábamos que todo estaba arreglado. Bueno, pues este otoño volvieron a la carga, y peor
que en los últimos siglos. Hemos librado varias batallas, y durante unos días mi casa estuvo sitiada. En noviembre empezó a parecer plausible que la invadieran y se llevaran mis bienes, de modo que todos los Calcetines de Navidad del mundo se iban a quedar vacíos.»
Llama la atención aqui como algo del Tolkienverso asoma con trompetas y cuevas y como se espera que los enemigos vuelvan.
En el libro hay algunas reproducciones de sobres con direcciones, de las cartas y dibujos, de la letra temblorosa y la tremenda imaginación que ya cualquiera quisiera que su padre le hubiese hecho ese detalle .
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Recomendable a cualquier edad.
(Tolkien y sus hijos)
Algunos son mensajitos, otros son pequeños relatos de la vida en el Polo Norte con el Oso Polar haciendo travesuras, y a veces hay aventuras.
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Y entre medio, tejidos hay mensajes a sus hijos en los años de guerra acerca de como los niños en otros lados carecen de cosas, y acerca de como la oscuridad se cierne sobre el mundo pero es repelida como los trasgos.
«Supongo que recordarás que hace unos años tuvimos problemas con los trasgos y que pensábamos que todo estaba arreglado. Bueno, pues este otoño volvieron a la carga, y peor
que en los últimos siglos. Hemos librado varias batallas, y durante unos días mi casa estuvo sitiada. En noviembre empezó a parecer plausible que la invadieran y se llevaran mis bienes, de modo que todos los Calcetines de Navidad del mundo se iban a quedar vacíos.»
Llama la atención aqui como algo del Tolkienverso asoma con trompetas y cuevas y como se espera que los enemigos vuelvan.
En el libro hay algunas reproducciones de sobres con direcciones, de las cartas y dibujos, de la letra temblorosa y la tremenda imaginación que ya cualquiera quisiera que su padre le hubiese hecho ese detalle .
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Recomendable a cualquier edad.
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