J.R.R. Tolkien
Paperback | Pages: 116 pages Rating: 3.87 | 11516 Users | 742 Reviews
Present Books Toward Roverandom
| Original Title: | Roverandom |
| ISBN: | 0007149115 (ISBN13: 9780007149117) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies (2000) |
Narrative In Favor Of Books Roverandom
A classic children's story by the author of The HobbitRover should never have bitten the wizard's trousers. His punishment was to be transformed into a toy, and now he is forced to track down the magician so he can be returned to normal. His adventures will take him to the moon and under the sea, introducing him to many fabulous - and dangerous - creatures.
Inspired by the loss of his own child's favourite toy, this charming tale was written by J.R.R. Tolkien long before The Hobbit, yet remained unpublished for more than 70 years. This new paperback edition includes a full introduction and detailed notes about the story.
This is an old-fashioned story, yet it still speaks freshly today... would leap to life when read aloud to a child. - INDEPENDENT
Lord of the Rings buffs will enjoy picking out bits of Nordic mythology and will relish Tolkien's fabulous sense of landscape - THE TIMES
Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien
Declare Of Books Roverandom
| Title | : | Roverandom |
| Author | : | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 116 pages |
| Published | : | September 2nd 2002 by HarperCollins Publishers (first published 1998) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Childrens. Classics |
Rating Of Books Roverandom
Ratings: 3.87 From 11516 Users | 742 ReviewsJudgment Of Books Roverandom
My overall thoughts:1. This book follows the tale of a dog named Rover who incurs the wrath of a wizard and gets shrunk down to a tiny size. We follow him on his mission to find the wizard so he can be returned to his original size. Whilst on this quest he ventures to the moon and down to the depths of the ocean, all the while making friends and discovering things he didn't know about himself.2. I love J.R.R. Tolkien and think this is one of the quaintest little reads I have read in a long time!So what to say about this? First, honestly, if you are going to have notes in the back of the book, could you please (with a cherry on top) let the reader know when there is a note? Just saying.This is not as good as LOTR or the Hobbit,yet a reader can see the beginnings of both in this story. It is hard not to see figure of Gandalf and even Biblo in this short story about a dog. It isn't, I think, as child friendly to outloud reading as the Hobbit. It lacks that later book's charm.
I'm ashamed to admit it took me years to read Roverandom, but I'm so glad I finally did. I actually started the book years ago at the repeated insistence of my now-best friend, but I only made it a third of the way through before it went back to the library. I wasn't interested enough to check it out again and finish it then, though I always meant to. As a teenager, I just wasn't very interested in any Tolkien except Middle-earth, even though I was a die-hard Tolkien fan and was very much
This is a cute book but not my favorite of Tolkien's. I couldn't help but compare to it other books that a famous author father wrote for his children about mystical lands and containing elegant wordplay: Haroun and the Sea of Stories and Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie, which are much more entertaining and skillful. However, I'm a Tolkien fan, and I enjoyed this book. It's not up to the level of The Hobbit for me, which I've read about seven times--I would never reread Roverandom
My father remarried a few months ago, and my stepmother still owns her own house. She's been cleaning it out for a while, and getting rid of odds and ends (mostly belonging to her ex-husband). She came across this and my father grabbed it to give to me since he knows I like Tolkien. I'm very glad he did. I had never heard of this book before, and was interested in checking it out.Evidently Tolkien wrote it for, or maybe just told it to, his second son after said son had lost a toy dog on a beach
This is a fantastically childish book that is thoroughly charming; it really captures the essence of Tolkiens softer themes and humour. Not everything has to be constantly dark and foreboding for his writing to be successful. This is simple, imaginative and a good little bit of fun. The tale is quaint and fairly short in which a dog, initially named Rover, is turned into a toy as an act of revenge because he bit a mean old sand sorcerer. Some people really are that petty. This leads to a series
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