Editing J. R. R. Tolkien (section)

==== Children's books and other short works ====
In addition to his [[mythopoeia|mythopoeic]] compositions, Tolkien enjoyed inventing fantasy stories to entertain his children.<ref>{{cite news |last=Phillip |first=Norman |year=2005 |title=The Prevalence of Hobbits |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/01/02/11/specials/tolkien-mag67.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411062440/http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/02/11/specials/tolkien-mag67.html |archive-date=11 April 2009}}</ref> He wrote annual Christmas letters from [[Father Christmas]] for them, building up a series of short stories (later compiled and published as ''[[The Father Christmas Letters]]'').<ref name="travels">{{cite news |date=22 December 2002 |title=Grand Tours: Who Travels the World in a Single Night? |work=[[The Independent on Sunday]] |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1P2-1716622/travel-etc-grand-tours-who-travels-the-world-in |url-status=live |access-date=22 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921073323/http://www.questia.com/read/1P2-1716622/travel-etc-grand-tours-who-travels-the-world-in |archive-date=21 September 2013}}</ref> Other works included ''[[Mr. Bliss]]'' and ''[[Roverandom]]'' (for children), and ''[[Leaf by Niggle]]'' (part of ''[[Tree and Leaf]]''), ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]'', ''[[Smith of Wootton Major]]'' and ''[[Farmer Giles of Ham]]''. ''Roverandom'' and ''Smith of Wootton Major'', like ''The Hobbit'', borrowed ideas from his legendarium.<ref name="A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien ch13">{{cite book |last=Artamonova |first=Maria |title=A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien |date=15 April 2014 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0-470-65982-3 |editor-last=Lee |editor-first=Stuart D. |at=Chapter 13 |chapter='Minor' Works |doi=10.1002/9781118517468 |s2cid=160570361}}</ref>