Brand-new paperback edition of J.R.R. 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, 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, was Tolkien's first full-length children's book, written before The Hobbit. 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, Roverandom is edited and introduced by Tolkien experts Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, and includes Tolkien's own delightful illustrations. * J.R.R.

Tolkien's first full-length story, the precursor to his writing The Hobbit. * Contains Tolkien's own colour paintings and line drawings, including the dragon which inspired Smaug. * Includes an introduction by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, Tolkien experts and authors of the acclaimed The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien. * Brand new paperback edition designed to match the popular and successful 'signature classic' series.

Competition: The Chronicles of Narnia; Hobbit; Roverandom; Farmer Giles of Ham; Game of Thrones; Lord of Rings; dogger. By; C. S. Lewis; Christopher; Terry Pratchett; Neil Gaiman; J. K. Rowling; George R. R. Martin; Shirley Hughes.