Roverandom

While on holiday in 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach at Filey in Yorkshire. 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, went through several drafts over the years. Now, more than 70 years on, the adventures of Rover - or, for reasons that become clear in the story, ''Roverandom'' - are published in A format for the first time. Rich in wit and wordplay, Roverandom is edited and introduced by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond and includes Tolkien''s own delightful illustrations.

Product details

• Authors: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 6
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.09.2002
• EAN: 9780007149117
• ISBN: 978-0-00-714911-7
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 178 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Harper Collins Paperbacks; Tolkien
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy