Roverandom

In 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach. To console him, his father, J.R.R. Tolkien, improvised a story about Rover, a real dog who is magically transformed into a toy and is forced to seek out the wizard who wronged him in order to be returned to normal. This charming tale, peopled by a sand-sorcerer and a terrible dragon, by the king of the sea and the Man-in-the-Moon, endured several drafts over the years. Now, more than seventy years later, the adventures of Rover are published for the first time. Rich in wit and wordplay, Roverandom is edited and introduced by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond and illustrated with Tolkien''s own delightful drawings.

Product details

• Authors: Wayne G. Hammond, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.1999
• EAN: 9780395957998
• ISBN: 978-0-395-95799-8
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 9 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Fantasy, Short Stories, Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy, Comic (humorous) fantasy, FICTION: Women, JUVENILE FICTION: Classics, JUVENILE FICTION: Fantasy & Magic, FICTION: Fantasy / Epic, FICTION: Science Fiction / General, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), JUVENILE FICTION: Monsters, JUVENILE FICTION: Nursery Rhymes, FICTION: Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, LITERATURE: SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Classic fiction: general and literary, Literature / Science Fiction & Fantasy