In 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on 
the beach. 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, endured several drafts over the years. Now, more than 
seventy years later, the adventures of Rover are published for the first
 time. 
Rich in wit and wordplay, Roverandom is edited and
 introduced by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond and illustrated with
 Tolkien's own delightful drawings.
(From the Amazon book page.) 

 
