JRR Tolkien’s Birthday

JRR Tolkien, the author of Lord of the Rings was born on this day in 1892. In honor of his birthday older school age children may enjoy reading (or being read) The Hobbit or perhaps they could watch one of the Lord of the Rings movies. Can you read this?

The Cirth alphabet used in the book appears here. Children might enjoy translating this and making up their own messages using this alphabet.

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