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Short, sweet, and silly. It's got a lot of the rambly sort of Tolkien descriptions I love, and you can pick up hints of his other writings and influences in it. It's harmless fun, I enjoyed it well enough, even if the meandering nature of it was a bit tiresome at times - it's so short that it's not that bothersome. I think it's one you could read to a child and they'd love it, which makes sense, since he wrote it for his own children.

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5.0

A little dog's adventures, over the hills and far away.
Lovely in a most unexpectedly nostalgic way.

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3.0

You never know what will happen next, when once you get mixed up with wizards and their friends.

While on holiday 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 his quest to find the wizard who can return him to normal. Imagine having Tolkien as a dad. This was adorable and so sweet

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

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3.0

This is a fun children’s books which shares the bare bones of The Hobbit but deviates quite wildly. It’s gratifying to see how much Tolkien enjoyed a relationship with his children with these books aimed at younger listeners. Roverandom was a toy dog which was lost by one of Tolkien’s sons and this is the story of the adventures that that dog had. It’s quite reminiscent of Roald Dahls love for parents who create stories to share with their children on display in the likes of Danny Champion of the World. It’s jolly.

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