This is not to say that Tolkien does not believe in evil or in good. The moral, if we can lay claim to uncover any in a work such as this, is that most of the bad that happens to us Rovers of the world is mostly happenstance. I have never been boiled, as far as I remember,' said Rover, 'though I have sometimes been bathed, and that is not particularly nice. You know nothing about it. Your child won't be critiquing this, so there's really no need.
Rover randomly roves the magic places of our world.
My main complaint is that sometimes Rover's actions fail to guide the story, but it should more or less mirror a child's view of the world. The editorial input is tastefully done, placing this work within the context of Tolkien's life and work. The notes do a fine job of indicating the allusions that Tolkien put into the work, though a couple may have been over-done, considering the more obvious allusions. Whether Roverandom will become a classic or not is up to the future generations of young readers and what they remember loving and what they choose to read to their own kids.