The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
Paperback
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, May 26, 2013)
Dr. Dolittle had rabbits in the pantry, white mice in his piano, a squirrel in the linen closet and a hedgehog in the collar, and he lived on sixpence a year! Winner of the Newbery Medal for 1923, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle takes young readers on a magical journey to the Mediterranean, South America, and even under the sea. Doctor Dolittle heads for the high seas in perhaps the most amazing adventure ever experienced by man or animal. Told by nine-and-a-half-year-old Tommy Stubbins, crewman and future naturalist, the voyages of Doctor Dolittle and his company lead them to Spidermonkey Island. Along with his faithful friends, Polynesia the parrot and Chee-Chee the monkey, Doctor Dolittle survives a perilous shipwreck and lands on the mysterious floating island. There he meets the wondrous Great Glass See Snail who holds the key to the greatest mystery of all.
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