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1
Earliest Publication Date
1995
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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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Volume
1
Earliest Publication Date
1920
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Doctor John Dolittle loves animals. He loves them so much that his home and office overflow with animals of every description. When Polynesia the parrot teaches him the language of the animals, Doctor Dolittle becomes a world-famous doctor, traveling even
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Volume
1
Earliest Publication Date
1998
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Doctor Dolittle loves animals. In fact, he loves animals so much that his cozy cottage in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh is bursting with pets: goldfish in the pond, rabbits in the pantry, white mice in the piano, a squirrel in the linen closet, a hedgehog in the cellar, not to mention a horse, chickens and pigeons, two lambs, and many others. But his favorite pets by far are Dab-Dab the duck, Jip the dog, Gub-Gub the baby pig, Polynesia the parrot, and Too-Too...
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Volume
2
Earliest Publication Date
1922
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Presents the story of the good doctor who learned the language of animals and made adventurous voyages. 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,...
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Volume
3
Earliest Publication Date
1923
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Not Owned
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Doctor Dolittle has a special power: he can talk to animals. When he discovers that the animals in the African Kingdom of Fantippo are writing letters, he establishes a post office just for them. Throughout his adventures, he journeys from battling slave ships to discovering forgotten islands where pre-historic animals still walk the earth!
'Doctor Dolittle's Post Office' is the third book in the Dolittle series but remains a fun and fantastical standalone...
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Volume
4
Earliest Publication Date
1924
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'Doctor Dolittle's Circus' is the story we all know and love that was adapted into the wonderful Rex Harrison film. To raise money for a trip to Africa Doctor Dolittle contacts a local circus and offers them the once in a lifetime opportunity of having the most rare animal on Earth, the Pushmi-Pullyu, perform in their circus. Of course, with Doctor Dolittle's involvement nothing goes as planned and the doctor finds himself once against launched on...
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Volume
5
Earliest Publication Date
1925
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Summary
Freshly returned from his voyages Doctor Dolittle decides to expand his zoo to include a home for crossbred dogs and a club for rodents. The Doctor's Zoo is unlike any other zoo in the world. In his zoo there are no cages; the animals stay there voluntarily and are free to leave whenever they want. While expanding the zoo the doctor takes some time to solve a mystery with the aid of Kling, the Dog Detective. Another wonder adventure with the greats...
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Volume
8
Earliest Publication Date
1956
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Summary
The doctor who can talk to the animals makes some mind-blowing lunar discoveries in this spacefaring adventure from the Newbery Medal–winning author.
On the back of a gigantic moth, John Dolittle and his companions travel through space from London to the moon. And they make an interesting landing party indeed. There's the esteemed doctor and naturalist, his secretary Thomas Stubbins, Polynesia the parrot, and Chee-Chee the monkey. Though...
