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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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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....
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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.
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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...
13) Dr. Dolittle 2
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Dr. Dolittle 3: Maya Dolittle (Kyla Pratt) just wants to be a normal teenager, but there's one small problem--she's inherited her father's uncanny ability to talk to animals. Her special talent keeps landing her in the doghouse with her parents and it's driving her friends completely ape!
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief: Maya Dolittle (Kyla Pratt) had applied to vet school, but she's finding that getting accepted is a lot tougher than expected! But,...
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Doctor Dolittle: Physician and devoted family man John Dolittle finds his world turned upside down when his long-suppressed ability to communicate with animals is reawakened with a vengeance.
Dr. Dolittle 2: John Dolittle uses his ability to communicate with animals to play Cupid to a circus bear.
