HUGH LOFTING
THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE: BEING THE HISTORY OF HIS PECULIAR LIFE AT HOME AND ASTONISHING ADVENTURES IN FOREIGN PARTS. With the Original Illustrations by the Author
Paperback
(Independently published Jan. 18, 2020)
This book is the first of Doctor Dolittle books, the beloved series of children's novels about a man who learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world. John Dolittle, MD, is a respected physician and quiet bachelor living with his spinster sister Sarah in the small English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. His love of animals grows over the years and his household menagerie eventually scares off his human clientele, leading to loss of wealth. But after learning the secret of speaking to all animals from his parrot Polynesia, he takes up veterinary practice... And his amazing adventures begins.A favorite of all-times, this magical book and it characters has been made into several movies, and continue to excite the imagination of generations of children, and of the whole family!
- Series
- DOCTOR DOLITTLE'S ADVENTURES (Book 1)
- ISBN
- / 9798600869578
- Pages
- 102
- Weight
- 7.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.26
in.