Pocket Roverandom

Tolkien, J. R. R.; Scull, Christina (EDT); Hammond, Wayne G. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0007523289 / ISBN 13: 9780007523283

Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pocket Roverandom
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007523289
• ISBN 13: 9780007523283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

HardCover. Pub Date :2013-09-26 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd JRR Tolkien's fantasy story about the adventures of a bewitched toy dog. written before The Hobbit.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. JRRTolkien. 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. was Tolkien's first full-length children's book. written before The . Hobbit Now. nearly 90 years later. the adventures of Rover - or. for reasons that become clear in the story. 'Roverandom' - are published in this delightful pocket hardback edition ...

About the Author

J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 40 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.