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author=[[J.R.R. Tolkien]]<br/>Ed. [[Christina Scull]] & [[Wayne G. Hammond]]|
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publisher=[[HarperCollins]] (UK)<br/>[[Houghton Mifflin]] (US)|
date=[[5 January]] [[1998]]|
date=[[15 April]] [[1988]]<br/>[[5 January]] [[1998]]|
format=Hardback with dustwrapper|
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Revision as of 17:22, 24 July 2011

Roverandom
File:Roverandom.jpg
AuthorJ.R.R. Tolkien
Ed. Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond
PublisherHarperCollins (UK)
Houghton Mifflin (US)
Released15 April 1988
5 January 1998
FormatHardback with dustwrapper
Pages106
ISBN0261103539

Roverandom is a story written by J.R.R. Tolkien, originally told in 1925. It deals with the adventures of a young dog, Rover. In the story, an irritable wizard turns Rover into a toy, and Rover goes to the moon and under the sea in order to find the wizard again to turn him back into a dog. The author wrote Roverandom for his son Michael Tolkien to amuse him upon the loss of his favorite toy — a little lead dog. The work is in tone a children's story, but contains many allusions and references in the manner of Farmer Giles of Ham.

It was submitted for publication in 1936 after the success of The Hobbit, but was not published for over sixty years — finally being released in 1998.

See also

External links

Tales from the Perilous Realm
Farmer Giles of Ham · The Adventures of Tom Bombadil · Leaf by Niggle · Smith of Wootton Major
Roverandom (since 2008) · On Fairy-Stories (since 2008)