The story of Doctor Dolittle being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts ; never before printed
The adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language, as he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers,
1988.
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| Edition: | Centenary ed. |
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| Summary: | The adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language, as he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness. |
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| Item Description: | Original copyright: 1948. "A Yearling book." |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 156 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Audience: | RL: 5.0. 008-012. |
| ISBN: | 0440483077 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: | The stories about Doctor Dolittle began as letters to his children while overseas in England during World War I, where Lofting served with the British Army. The first Doctor Dolittle book published was "The Story of Doctor Dolittle" in 1920. He wrote thirteen more, winning the Newberry Medal in 1923 for "The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle." Lofting illustrated all of the Dolittle books himself. In 1967, the Doctor Dolittle books were made into a musical film starring Rex Harrison. Hugh Lofting died in 1947 at the age of 81. |
