A major event for fantasy lovers everywhere--a previously unpublished book-length romp by the author of "The Hobbit". In 1925, while on vacation on the Yorkshire coast, Tolkien's four-year-old son Michael loses his favorite toy, a little lead dog. To console and distract him, his father improvises a story--the tale of Rover, a real dog magically transformed into toy, who has many fantastic adventures while searching for the wizard who wronged him. Color & black and white plates. 128 pp.