https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2008/06/niggle-1/ Artist, designer and photographer Tue, 01 Jul 2014 18:18:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2008/06/niggle-1/#comment-8799 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 18:18:28 +0000 http://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=23#comment-8799 When i was a 5th grader, my reading book had a story in it called Niggle’s Painting. It stuck with me forever, mostly because of the awesome illustrations that came with the story. I never knew it was jrr tolkien. When i was 19 i scoured ASU’s library section of elementary books hopping to find the story. When the internet happened i posted questions. Only until the first of The Lord of the Ring movie came out did i find out it was Leaf by Niggle, but still cannot find the original elementary reading book or the illustrations. Even images i see now hold nothing to what i saw when i was 10 or 11. I finally read the story and im 42 now, and it still gave me hope for my future, so i am continuing my search. Hopefully you’ve done your own drawings and hope they came out well!

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