The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkein George MacDonald The Story of Big Klaus

The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus

down on his luck

to waiting for the lamplighter

Board of Directors

Harriet and the moon become fast friends

The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkein George MacDonald The Story of Big KlausIn a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort. Written for J. R. R. Tolkien's own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo