Other editions of book Dr. Dolittle's Circus

Doctor Dolittle's Circus, written by Hugh Lofting and published in 1924 by Frederick A. Stokes, is set in England sometime between the original story and the later voyages narrated by Stubbins. The doctor needs money to pay off a voyage to Africa, so he joins the circus with the pushmi-pullyu as his attraction. He enlightens a circus owner who cares little for animals, fights against the practice of fox hunting and helps other creatures such as a circus seal and cart horses too old to work.

Your child will enjoy reading about the imaginary characters that are a part of Doctor Dolittle's. He talks befriends Sophie the seal, gets directions from ducks, he gives a special gift of glasses to a friendly talking horse. He persuades the leopard and lion not to eat people. He tries to persuade one of his former school mates to stop hunting foxes....