num_pages: 2
description: For the first time on CD J R R Tolkien's novella about the adventures of a bewitched toy dog. 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, many years on, the adventures of Rover -- or, for reasons that become clear in the story, 'Roverandom' -- are published on CD the first time.
language: English
title: Roverandom Complete & Unabridged
titlecomplete: Roverandom Complete & Unabridged
genres: Short Stories, Fiction, Middle Grade, Childrens, Fantasy, Adventure, British Literature, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics
ratings_count: 14373
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
category: Inklings Studies
publisher: HarperCollinsAudioBooks