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Hugh John Lofting was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire on January 14th, 1886 to English and Irish parents. Lofting was initially educated at Mount St MaryÕs College in Spinkhill, Derbyshire, a Jesuit boarding school from the age of eight. By 1905 at age eighteen he was to study abroad, taking classes at the esteemed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA in civil engineering. Thereafter he embarked on a quest to travel widely before settling down to write of his adventures.Lofting had always leaned towards pacifism but the Great War was about to erupt all over Europe. Initially Lofting worked for the British Government whilst based in New York but by 1918 he had enlisted and...read more
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The First Doctor Dolittle Collection includes three full-length novels featuring Doctor Dolittle. Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 The Story of Doctor Dolittle. He is a physician who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of the world. Doctor Dolittle first appeared in the author's illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches during World War I when actual news, he later said, was either too horrible or too dull....read more
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Meet the man who talks to the animals! Here is Hugh Lofting's classic tale of the English doctor who learns how to speak to his non-human patients - dogs, cats, rhinos and monkeys alike - as he travels from England to the jungles of Africa and back again. Doctor Dolittle's entourage of animal friends, including Polynesia the parrot, Gub-Gub the pig, Jip the dog and Dab-Dab the duck, journey with the doctor and team up to help him out of one scrape after another. This story - and the eight sequels it spawned - have delighted children of all ages for over a hundred years and the story has been adapted to the stage and screen, bringing the world of Doctor Dolittle and his friends to...read more
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Dr. Dolittle is a people doctor who's love for animals and giving them a home, scares all his human patients away. Dr. Dolittle's parrot decides to teach him how to talk to animals, after learning the secret language, Dr. Dolittle becomes a veterinarian. Poor Dr. Dolittle always has money problems, but when he learns of a monkey epidemic in Africa, he has to help. In gratitude, Dr. Dolittle is given a rare creature who is part unicorn. But, on the way home, pirates!!!! Does Dr. Dolittle make it home safely? What happens to his animal friends? This classic story will hold you spellbound to the end. Table of Contents: The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Being the History of His...read more
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“Then John Dolittle got a fine, big pair of green spectacles; and the plow-horse stopped going blind in one eye and could see as well as ever. And soon it became a common sight to see farm-animals wearing glasses in the country round Puddleby, and a blind horse was a thing unknown.” Doctor Dolittle and his friends travel to South America to meet the greatest naturalist in the New World. A note to listeners: This book was written at a different time, and as such, contains language and sentiments that are offensive to modern sensibilities. Hugh John Lofting was an English author trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character of Doctor Dolittle. It...read more
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Doctor Dolittle is a very special vet—because he knows how to talk to the animals! So when he hears that there’s a terrible sickness hurting all the monkeys in Africa, the good doctor knows he must go and help them. Soon he’s off on an exciting adventure across the seas in this superb retelling of Hugh Lofting’s beloved...read more
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No one loves and understands animals like the eccentric nineteenth-century physician Dr. Dolittle-who masters animal language with the help of Polynesia the parrot. After his human patients desert him, the kind-hearted doctor finds his calling in practicing animal medicine, and his fame spreads far and wide. When a terrible epidemic breaks out among monkeys in Africa, Dr. Dolittle sets out to save them, accompanied by some of his favorite pets. Thus begins the amusing, whimsical adventures of Dr. Dolittle and the animal kingdom. Hugh Lofting, winner of the 1923 Newbery Medal for The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, has a gifted knack for imbuing unique, distinct personalities in his...read more
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In The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), the first of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books, we are introduced to the good doctor who gives up treating people after Polynesia, his parrot, teaches him animal languages. His fame in the animal kingdom spreads throughout the world and soon he sets off to cure a monkey epidemic in Africa, finding all sorts of exciting adventures on the...read more
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Doctor Dolittle's Post Office is the exciting third in the series of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books. As usual, the Doctor has many adventures while helping his animal friends and the people he meets. At the start book, Doctor Dolittle gets help from the sea birds to help to capture a notorious slave trader and free his captives, then organizes the postal service of a small African kingdom, Fantippo, ruled over by King Koko. He does this of course with the help of all his animal friends especially the birds. He discovers a hidden island populated by peace loving creatures, gets thrown into another African jail, invents animal alphabets, and defeats at least two armies. Each of the...read more
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Join Doctor Dolittle and his animal friends in The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, the second of Hugh Lofting series about a man with the ability to talk to animals. Dr. John Dolittle is an esteemed physician, but he finds himself drawn to animal patients more often than humans. In this book, his animal companions convince him to go on a daring voyage around the world to search for a missing friend. Their travels take them through storms and shipwrecks, to bullfighting rings and into courtrooms where animals testify as witnesses. All the while, Dr. Dolittle uses his incredible talent of animal communication to befriend and protect and animal he meets. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle is the most...read more
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Written in 1920 by the British author Hugh Lofting, the Doctor Dolittle books, were a series of children's novels about a man who learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world. It was one of the novels in the series which was adapted into the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle. Produced by Devin Lawrence Edited by Macc Kay Production executive Avalon Giuliano ICON Intern Eden Giuliano Music By AudioNautix With Their Kind Permission ©2020 Eden Garret Giuliano (P) Eden Garret Giuliano Geoffrey Giuliano is the author of over thirty internationally bestselling biographies, including the London Sunday Times bestseller Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney and...read more
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It has been three long, rainy, BORING days in Dr. Dolittle’s home, and his animal friends are feeling wilder than usual. The animals cause a ruckus in the house, and Dr. Dolittle declares that they all need a picnic out in the fresh air. But when it is time to go home, one of his animal friends is nowhere to be found! Can Dr. Dolittle find his missing friend? Join Dr. Dolittle and his friends in a laugh-out-loud animal adventure inspired by Hugh Lofting’s classic...read more
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts), written by Hugh Lofting, is the first of his Doctor Dolittle books, a 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 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...read more
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Written by the British author Hugh Lofting, is the first of his Doctor Dolittle books, a series of children's novels about a man who learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world. In this book, we are told how Dr John Dolittle came to learn the language of animals, and become and animal doctor. His journey to Africa to treat the sick Monkeys, and his return back to England. Narrated by Michael...read more
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In dit deel van Dr Dolittle, geschreven door Hugh Lofting, komt de dokter aan bij de jungle. Hij wordt verwacht door de koning. Het verhaal is het meest geschikt voor kinderen van 4 jaar en 5 jaar. Het verhaal is geschikt voor groep 1 en groep...read more
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Presented here are three of the most popular children's books of all time: A.A. Milne's 'Winnie-the-Pooh,' Ruth Stiles Gannett's 'My Father's Dragon' and Hugh Lofting's 'The Story of Doctor Dolittle.' 'Winnie-the-Pooh' tells the story of Christopher Robin and his friends, which includes Winnie-the-Pooh (a Bear of Very Little Brain), sweet-natured Piglet, cantankerous Rabbit and the gloomy Eeyore. An instant hit when it was originally published, Pooh has become a beloved favorite for children all over the world. Then, Ruth Stiles Gannett's classic 'My Father's Dragon,' which relates the story of a young boy trying to free a dragon who is being held captive on Wild Island and the...read more
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Il dottor Dolittle, personaggio creato dello scrittore inglese Hugh Lofting nel 1920, è un medico che, deluso di avere a che fare con gli esseri umani, decide di curare gli animali. Il suo pappagallo Polinesia gli insegna che è possibile apprendere il loro linguaggio, e quindi entrare in contatto con loro e aiutarli a guarire. Dopo aver curato gli animali del suo piccolo paese, Puddleby, il dottor Dolittle, assecondando la sua passione per l'avventura, parte per una serie di viaggi in luoghi esotici in compagna del fedele assistente Tom Stubbing e dei suoi più cari amici, la scimmia Ci-Ci, il cane Jip e naturalmente il suo maestro Polinesia. Un classico della letteratura per ragazzi, una...read more
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Alan Bennett reads three enchanting Doctor Dolittle stories Doctor Dolittle has an extraordinary talent – he can talk to the animals! Taught by his parrot, Polynesia, he is soon able to chat to every kind of creature – and his skill leads him into all sorts of adventures. In The Story of Doctor Dolittle, the Doctor and his pets set sail for Africa to save the monkeys – but they face great danger and challenges, including a sinking ship and Barbary pirates... The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle finds Doctor Dolittle on the high seas once again, this time with his young friend Tommy Stubbins. The pair head for Spider Monkey Island, a mysterious place of magic and secrets......read more
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Doctor John Dolittle loves animals. He loves to help them, heal them, and even lets them live in his home and his office. When Polynesia the Parrot teaches him the language of animals, Doctor Dolittle becomes a world-famous doctor, traveling to animals in almost every country so he can learn about what ails them and how he can help...read more
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Continue the adventures with Doctor Dolittle and his menagerie of animals in this sequel to the incredible children's classic. In this adventure, Doctor Dolittle takes to the sea with young Tommy Stubbins. When the group end up shipwrecked on the mysterious Spidermonkey Island, they must work together with the local wildlife in order to...read more
