Hugh Lofting

Doctor Dolittle's Post Office (1920) is a children's fantasy novel by Hugh Lofting. The novel is the third in a series of fifteen books featuring Doctor Dolittle, a character created by Lofting in letters written to his wife and children at home while he served in the Great War. Beloved by generations of adults and children for their imaginative nature and moral worldview, Lofting's books have inspired numerous adaptations for theater, film, and television. Doctor...

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 great’s...

In this first book in the series, Doctor Dolittle discovers that he can talk to the animals-Jip the dog, Dab Dab the duck, Polynesia the parrot.

Prepare to set sail for many grand adventures with the delightful Doctor Dolittle. This omnibus editions includes the Doctor's first four books: 'The Story of Doctor Dolittle', 'The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle', 'Doctor Dolittle's Post Office', and 'Doctor Dolittle's Circus'. Over six hundred pages of exotic animals, pirates, circuses, and of course the marvelous Doctor Dolittle who can talk with animals. This edition contains hundreds of Lofting's...

Doctor Dolittle meets Tommy Stubbins, the young son of the local cobbler, who becomes his new assistant. Tommy learns how to speak animal languages and becomes involved in the Doctor's quest to find Long Arrow, the greatest naturalist in the world. This novel takes us to the Mediterranean, South America, and even under the sea.

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...

Do you want to listen to The Story of Doctor Dolittle? If so then keep reading... Doctor Dolittle is one of kind. Not only can he talk to animals-but he can understand them too! One day Doctor Dolittle receives a message from Africa-the monkeys there need his help. So he sails off from his home, bringing along all his pals: Dab-Dab, the duck; Jip, the dog; Gub-Gub, the baby pig; Polynesia, the parrot; and Too-Too, the owl. Join the doctor and his...

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.

Step into the English country home of the good doctor as he performs remarkable treatments on a variety of four-legged and fine-feathered patients. See his secret cures and watch as ordinary and exotic animals talk, dance, and sing.

"The Classic Books for Children: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award Winners" is a compilation of timeless literary treasures that have been honored with the prestigious Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. This collection brings together some of the most beloved and enduring stories in children's literature, including "Winnie-the-Pooh," "The Story of Doctor Dolittle," "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," "The Secret Garden," and "The Wind in The Willows." These enchanting tales...