"The Story of Doctor Dolittle" follows the adventures of a kind-hearted physician who discovers he can talk to animals. Living in a quaint village, he becomes enchanted with their world and decides to dedicate his life to understanding and helping them. When a series of extraordinary events lead him to rescue an injured parrot, he sets off on a remarkable journey across the seas to find a cure for a plague affecting the animals. Along the way, he encounters fantastic creatures, learns valuable lessons about friendship and compassion, and proves that understanding knows no boundaries. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
This book is part of a book series called Doctor Dolittle .
There are 200 pages in this book. This book was published in 2022 by Forgotten Books .
Best known for his Doctor Dolittle books, Hugh Lofting (1886-1947) first had the idea for his unusual country doctor while writing to his children from the front during the First World War. The twelve books that followed are loved by children across the globe.
This book contains the following story:
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
John Dolittle, MD, lives in the English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, where his love of animals starts to interfere with his doctor practice. When he learnes the secret off speaking to all animals from his parrot Polynesia, he decides to become a vet. As his reputation grows, Dolittle is invited to Africa to cure a monkey epidemic. The trip comes just in time as he is on the verge of bankruptcy, and has to borrow both supplies and a ship. He sails with a crew of his favourite animals, finds the monkeys, vaccinates the well and nurses the sick back to health. In appreciation, the monkeys find the pushmi-pullyu, a shy two-headed gazelle-unicorn cross, whose rarity may bring Dr. Dolittle money back home. On the return trip, they are captured in Jolliginki again, escape, have a couple of run-ins with pirates, and finally make it home. Here Dolittle tours with the pushmi-pullyu in a circus until he makes enough money to retire to his beloved home in Puddleby.
This book is in the following series:
Doctor Dolittle
This series by Hugh Lofting is about a doctor who can talk to animals and who devotes his time to treating those animals rather than human patients. The stories are set in early Victorian England, in the fictional village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country.
This book features the following character:
Doctor Dolittle
This book features Lofting's character, Doctor Dolittle.
