{"product_id":"roverandom","title":"Roverandom","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008737689\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS PUB","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41508160831621,"sku":"PR404231","price":38.7,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNY2PGDZAMMK.jpg?v=1769778859","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/roverandom","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}