{"product_id":"9780008737689-roverandom","title":"Roverandom","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrand-new paperback edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy story about the adventures of a bewitched toy dog, written before \u003cem\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrand-new paperback edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy story about the adventures of a bewitched toy dog, written before \u003cem\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eWhile 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.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThis 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/em\u003e. Now, nearly 100 years later, the adventures of Rover – or, for reasons that become clear in the story, ‘Roverandom’ – are published in this delightful new paperback edition. Rich in wit and wordplay, \u003cem\u003eRoverandom\u003c\/em\u003e is edited and introduced by Tolkien experts Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, and includes Tolkien’s own delightful illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55186285920630,"sku":"9780008737689","price":7.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32910621.jpg?v=1738514252","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780008737689-roverandom","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}