John Ronald's dragons
Subtitle: the story of J.R.R. Tolkien
By: Caroline McAlister ; illustrated by Eliza Wheeler
Contributors: Wheeler, Eliza, illustrator
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
ISBN-13: 9781626720923
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Literary; Authors; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Folklore & Mythology; Juvenile literature; Biography; English Authors
Description: John Ronald loved dragons. He liked to imagine dragons when he was alone, and with his friends, and especially when life got hard or sad. After his mother died and he had to live with a cold-hearted aunt, he looked for dragons. He searched for them at his boarding school. And when he fought in a Great War, he felt as if terrible, destructive dragons were everywhere. But he never actually found one, until one day, when he was a grown man but still very much a boy at heart, when he decided to create one of his own. This picture book biography introduces the creator of Middle Earth and author of The Hobbit to a new generation of children who see magic in the world around them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 39).

Ages 5-8.