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Roverandom is a short children's story by J.R.R. Tolkien published posthumously in 1998. Originally told in 1925 - and written down in 1927 - it was created for Tolkien's his second son, Michael, to console him for the loss of his own little black-and-white toy dog on a beach in Yorkshire.

The story tells about a real dog, Rover, who is turned into a toy by the wizard Artaxerxes. When dropped on the beach by a small boy, the toy is transported to the moon along the path of light the moon makes when it shines over the sea. The Man-in-the-Moon renames him 'Roverandom' and gives him wings, beginning a series of adventures on his quest to undo his bewitchment.

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Books: The Hobbit (1937) · The Lord of the Rings (1954-5) · The Silmarillion (1977) · Unfinished Tales (1980) · The Children of Húrin (2007) · Beren and Lúthien (2017) · The Fall of Gondolin (2018) · The History of Middle-earth (1983-96) · The Nature of Middle-earth (2021) · Tales from the Perilous Realm (1945-98) · Letters from Father Christmas (1976)

Adaptations: The Hobbit (1977) · The Lord of the Rings (1978) · The Return of the King (1980) · The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) · The Two Towers (2002) · The Return of the King (2003) · Born of Hope (2009) · An Unexpected Journey (2012) · The Desolation of Smaug (2013) · The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) · The Rings of Power series (2022) · The War of the Rohirrim (forthcoming)

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