Yeah, I got some heat from other GeekDads when I put that on the original GeekDad list. But truth be told we have now read LOtR to two 8 year olds. The hard part is to get them to Rivendell. Once there the story takes over and it works. I included it because it is what _I have_ read aloud to two of my kids. Erik Wecks (GeekDad)