Booktaco
Mobile Menu

J. R. R. Tolkien: The Man Who Created the Lord of the Rings

Hear it
By Michael Coren
Publisher Scholastic Inc
J. R. R. Tolkien: The Man Who Created the Lord of the Rings
Preview: Hear it

This entertaining biography of the author takes readers back to his childhood in South Africa, his youth and adulthood in Great Britain, his experience in World War I, and his professorship at Oxford where Tolkien thought he had reached the pinnacle of his career. But it would be there that Tolkien would write The Hobbit, the story that led to his Lord of the Rings trilogy. Photos.

Read full description [+]
25151 words25,151 words
144 pages144 pages
Lexile 1010LLexile 1010L
Grade 5 to 8Grade 5 to 8

On Grade Vocabulary:

Hear it conceal Hear it consent Hear it notion Hear it define Hear it mutual Hear it sensitive Hear it margin Hear it domestic Hear it occupy Hear it unequalled Hear it succession Hear it clash Hear it maturity Hear it conservative Hear it elaborate Hear it imagery Hear it inspirational Hear it decline Hear it chap Hear it ulcer Hear it accompany Hear it warden Hear it precise Hear it probation Hear it shilling Hear it availability Hear it pun Hear it billow Hear it manuscript Hear it commemorate Hear it ignorant Hear it gracious Hear it exotic Hear it arthritis Hear it preference Hear it annex Hear it toffee Hear it innocent Hear it grime Hear it emphasis Hear it contrast Hear it immediate Hear it trench Hear it correspondence Hear it stud Hear it slaughter Hear it adversity Hear it clergy Hear it recital Hear it thrive Hear it straightforward Hear it era Hear it dominant Hear it superiority Hear it urban Hear it curriculum Hear it attentive Hear it bungalow Hear it haste Hear it plea Hear it vague Hear it cucumber Hear it tidy Hear it practical Hear it seaside Hear it inhabit Hear it stuffy Hear it agony Hear it philosophical Hear it isolation Hear it unmarried Hear it scope Hear it biographer Hear it ambition Hear it inscription Hear it influential Hear it cuff Hear it originality Hear it resemble Hear it marvelous Hear it tolerate Hear it regiment Hear it restless Hear it heroism Hear it reluctant Hear it sheer Hear it honorary Hear it mortality Hear it evolution Hear it trickle Hear it ancestry Hear it territorial Hear it humble Hear it proposal Hear it classical Hear it communicator Hear it luxury Hear it despair Hear it isolated Hear it snob
Show more words [+]

Challenge Words Vocabulary

Hear it conceal Hear it convalesce Hear it finalize Hear it unpublished Hear it mutual Hear it chine Hear it baptize Hear it professorship Hear it domestic Hear it attain Hear it exploit Hear it insecure Hear it unequalled Hear it industrialization Hear it lexicographer Hear it fluent Hear it ruffian Hear it timelessness Hear it uniformity Hear it unbruised Hear it posterity Hear it devout Hear it rheumatic Hear it elaborate Hear it philology Hear it imagery Hear it uncompleted Hear it inspirational Hear it relish Hear it dialect Hear it oratory Hear it injudicious Hear it ulcer Hear it contrary Hear it probation Hear it shilling Hear it minimal Hear it undertook Hear it plumpness Hear it indigestion Hear it billow Hear it genuine Hear it ageless Hear it tyranny Hear it gastric Hear it seminary Hear it comparative Hear it ignorant Hear it tallness Hear it solitaire Hear it ideology Hear it intrigue Hear it compiler Hear it foreword Hear it valedictory Hear it allegory Hear it grime Hear it obituary Hear it promenade Hear it emphasis Hear it eccentric Hear it unrelieved Hear it inflict Hear it seaborne Hear it diminish Hear it unwell Hear it unappealing Hear it temperament Hear it selective Hear it stud Hear it robust Hear it adversity Hear it elitist Hear it clergy Hear it inkling Hear it snare Hear it remnant Hear it observant Hear it toughness Hear it hinterland Hear it eightieth Hear it parish Hear it splendor Hear it imaginative Hear it lush Hear it filth Hear it attentive Hear it trifle Hear it backroom Hear it communal Hear it quip Hear it tweed Hear it spontaneous Hear it merit Hear it supercilious Hear it inevitable Hear it reclusive Hear it veld Hear it requiem Hear it tolerable
Show more words [+] View ALL Vocabulary Lessons

Book ISBN:

9780439342506

Sample Book Reading logs and activities:
Virtual Reading Pet
Stopwatch
Manual Input
Book Quiz
Book Quiz
Flashcards (Vocabulary Intro)
Word Search
Connect it! Definition Matching
Pick it! Synonym vs Antonym
Vocabulary Bee
Flip it!
Vocabulary Test
Spelling Test
Space Speller
Hop Typing (Classroom High Score)
Word Jumble
Spelling Bee
Word Dragon
Spelling Quiz
Spelling Mission
Book Review
Writing Prompts

View all our games
Right
Left
Graphic Organizers - J. R. R. Tolkien: The Man Who Created the Lord of the Rings
Plot Diagram
Story Map
Compare & Contrast
Draw It!
Retell the Story
3-2-1 Nonfiction
Nonfiction Report
Nonfiction Text Features
Point of View

View all our games
Right
Left
Contact us: admin@booktaco.com Phone (888) 448-3363

YEAH. Try it FREE!

Gitf box

Try our 14-day Free Trial to test drive
the booktaco program.

Sign up for a 14-Day Free Trial Not now, thank you
View all games!
Back to main site