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Cirashala
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Feb 26 2015, 2:07am
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A children's book based on TH movies?
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I know that many movies, even those based off books, often have books for very young readers (think five years old, beginning reader) as part of their merchandising campaigns. For instance, I have some merchandising young reader books based upon the Narnia films, and my daughter loves them. I was wondering if anyone knew if there was something for TH? My daughter loves the movies almost as much as I do, but she doesn't quite have the attention span yet for me to read The Hobbit to her in it's published form (I rarely get past chapter 1 before she starts getting antsy). It's definitely something I share with her- in fact, at three years old she drew Smaug from the trailers (he looked a bit like an ant, but she got his face position and elongation right, and I wish the picture had survived). And she has been given the TE's of the films once I acquire the EE versions (until then the TE's are mine and mine alone lol ). She can even name several of the dwarves, as well as Bilbo (he used to be Bobo lol- AUJ came out when she was two and a half) and Gandalf. But I would like her to have some books based off of the movie-storybooks- that she can read herself. She's not quite at Tolkien's vocabulary level yet Does anyone know if Hobbit storybooks based on the movie exist?
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Cirashala
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Feb 26 2015, 2:19am
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Yeah the language is still a bit tricky, however it has pictures, whereas TH novel doesn't have very many. Seeing an entire page in it full of words is a bit overwhelming and scary to her at the moment But if she could see the pictures, and read captions, then I think she'll find a lot more enjoyment out of the book and spend time in it, which is our hope. We're strongly encouraging reading practice and spending time in books, because I really believe strongly in learning to read and love books and learning, especially with quality literature like Tolkien's work (as opposed to what schools believe is quality literature cough**HarryPotter**cough**Twilight**cough ). And I don't think there's a bad age to start But I do need to make sure she CAN start reading it as well
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AshNazg
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Feb 26 2015, 3:03am
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Good luck, I absolutely agree...
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Reading is such an important skill and essential to learning. I wish I had read more at a young age. I only read textbooks and Shakespeare, which put me to sleep when I was young - Reading always seemed like a thing for old and boring people, and not something you would do for fun. I left school with terrible grades and could never read more than a few sentences without losing interest. The Hobbit was the first book I read for entertainment (after loving The Lord of the Rings movies so much) at the age of about 18! Even at that age I struggled with concentration. But since enjoying The Hobbit I spent as much time as I could catching up with all the books that I'd missed out on as a kid. I now adore Shakespeare, but I also love reading kids' books, I think because I never got to experience them as a kid. I just finished Harry Potter, I know what you mean about its quality, but I think as long as kids are reading SOMETHING then we shouldn't complain too much.
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Bombadil
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Feb 26 2015, 7:36am
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it's been some time since you have posted... HERE is a way to get this done. 1. go to Middle-Earth Enterprizes, they used to be Tolkien Enterprizes out of Berkeley, California. 2. Submit this idea via contact {By doing that? .. it is Time-Stamped & very much copy-written then} 3. They could steer you in the right direction, if a project like this exists? 4. If, NOT ask permission IF YOU COULD write it? Bomby & many others have read Some of your Fine Fan Fiction, So you could Submit Samples... AND they might offer you the chance! YOU could be the AUTHOR, & OR Crowd-Source it with many of the other mothers that write here? Tolkien was inspired the the Same way, by wanting to write for his kids, YOU now have your inspiration too, your daughter. WHO knows? if you don't try...because it is a REALLY brilliant idea! MAYBE They Fly you to NZ with your manuscript & John Howe or Alan Lee illustrate it? or better yet? you could collect artwork that already exists from here & elsewhere, BINGO! You get to be published! ...& buy a Better Cabin in the Woods in wonderful IDAHO! From your MUCH older Brother bomby
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Bombadil
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Feb 26 2015, 7:54am
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Look up "Licensing Contacts"...They would LOVE to hear from you... also you know others here who have published Tolkien-Related books, & THEY also could steer you in the Right direction, TOO! Simply Brillant Cira...Simply Wonderful bom
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DanielLB
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Feb 26 2015, 8:02am
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Track down The Hobbit popup book.
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Kids love popup books. I am in awe by how much they are selling for on ebay. I got one (used, really good condition) off ebay this time last year for ~£10. There's also a video of the book here. I can't remember what the text was like, but the images should sparking your daughters imagination. Granted, it's not a movie storybook but it simplifies the story a lot. Perfect for children.
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lurtz2010
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Feb 26 2015, 9:46am
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Imagine a fully novelised version for adults
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The star wars prequels all had novels based on the movies and I thought they were very well done, even the long battles scenes were described in full with more detail than what was actually shown. The hobbit movies in book form would be so epic. If it was that book that came out in 1937 (PJs movies novelised) then it would've blown everyone's mind.
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Glassary
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Feb 26 2015, 12:45pm
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Cirashala try this possibly, The Hobbit-An Unexpected Journey movie storybook. It's about 40-50 pages with tons of photos.. It condenses the movies down quite nicely and he pictures are great. They also have one for THDOS available. Guess they are still working on BOFTA edition. They run between $8-$9 usd. I won got one in a TORn gift bag from NYCC last year and think this might be what you are looking for. Oh it is paperback also.
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Cirashala
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Feb 26 2015, 7:16pm
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you had read my fan fiction- thanks for your compliments on my writing I have been rather sick lately- been coughing up a storm the last three and a half weeks, and now am stuffy as I'll get out I'm not sure I could focus well enough to make a concentrated effort at actually publishing a Hobbit storybook for young children at the moment- not on a full scale level. I really don't have the time to focus on it right now- heck, it took me two months to update my latest chapter for my fan fiction, and that was an effort with me being sick! That does give me an excellent idea though- I might be able to compile a story and some photos, print it off, and have my daughter use it for her own personal enjoyment If I could meet them, let alone convince them to illustrate a book I've written, I'd probably die of shock lol! But thanks for the idea- I could easily throw something together that will satisfy her, and know that it's within her reading level Thanks!
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Bombadil
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Feb 26 2015, 10:32pm
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Cira...Bom wants to watch out? for you...
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SINCE bom has BEEN hopeing you & your small Family succeed for quite sometime... Bom knows how lonely,& Wild ..It can be Way up there in the Wilderness of Northern Idaho.. For those of you that Don't? Idaho has many HUGE tracks of Undiscovered Country.. That been set aside by the USA..as PERMANENT Roadless Wilderness.. Maybe...Look up "Idaho' on-Line... Maybe? that's why, Viggo Mortenson & other Celebrities Recluses HIDE OUT.. up there..? {Also, Bom's "Goldberry" was from there..} AND IF bom had the $$ money would move there in a HEART-BEAT except New Zealand has been Calling bomby HOME? too Long to think of anywhere Else to HIDE?
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Otaku-sempai
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Feb 27 2015, 2:06am
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The graphic novel is not out-of-print!
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Eclipse Comics originally published the comic-book adaptation of The Hobbit in three issues in 1989, adapted by Charles Dixon with Sean Deming and illustrated by David Wenzel. The collected graphic novel was co-published by Eclipse Books and Ballantine. Ballantine has kept the book in print and I have seen it at Barnes and Noble. Here is the current printing: The Hobbit: An Illustrated Edition of the Fantasy Classic What IS long out-of-print is the edition of The Hobbit that included artwork from the Rankin-Bass animated movie.
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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The Grey Wanderer
Lorien
Feb 27 2015, 4:37am
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Good to know this was not lost to the public...
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but you do the originals a miss-service by calling them "comic-books adaptation" as they were made with the same stiff covers and higher-quality paper as graphic novels - being geeky enough to have the set and both other graphic novels and comic books to compare them to. Interesting that the $17 for the one book is only $2.15 more than the three originals combined.
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Otaku-sempai
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Feb 27 2015, 3:10pm
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They were still comicbooks, even if they were given the dexule, square-bound treatment. That isn't derogatory, I have been purchasing and reading comics since I was seven years old--getting close to fifty years now. It's a shame that no one seems to have thought to collect the condensed and heavily illustrated version of The Hobbit that was serialized in the U.K.'s Princess magazine in the 1960s(?). Or (better yet?) print the full book including the Princess illustrations.
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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The Grey Wanderer
Lorien
Feb 27 2015, 4:20pm
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just leaves me baffled at the definition of graphic novels - since they are marginally more book-like than a "Marvel Graphic Novel" I have from the same era. I didn't begin actively collecting comics until a bit shy of 49 years ago, so you have me there & I admit to being way behind in my reading as The Grey Wanderer's wandering of the last 15 years has messed being regular up. I am though getting close to my 50th anniversary of first reading the Hobbit (summer of '65) - a life changing event as it were. I am not aware of the Princess magazine serialization...but can't say I was very much interested in anything British in those years beyond Tolkien.
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Otaku-sempai
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Feb 27 2015, 4:48pm
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I'm not as rigid in my definitions than some others, but I could call Eclipse Comics' 3-part adaptation of The Hobbit either a comic-book miniseries or a serialized graphic novel. In full book-form, I would call it a collected graphic novel (like Watchmen, Elektra: Assassin or The Dark Knight Returns). By contrast, Max Allan Collins' The Road to Perdition would be an original graphic novel because it was originally published, complete, in a single volume. I've come across a handful of individuals who will not accept the term 'graphic novel' for any comics story that was originally published in serial form. That is just silly! For those slim Marvel Graphic Novels of the 1980s (and the similar DC ones), I adopt the European convention of calling them graphic albums.
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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The Grey Wanderer
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Feb 27 2015, 5:30pm
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The whole naming convention is mucked up anyhow, since what we call comic-books would better be called comic-magazines. But then I am not one for rigid labels in general, so I really don't worry much about such things. So long as we communicate reasonably successfully.
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