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Doctor Dolittle Series The Story of Hugh Lofting David Case Product Details Format: Downloadable audio file ISBN: 9781415910375 Published: 1st Jan 1995 Publisher: Random House Audiobooks Dimensions: Series: Doctor Dolittle Series

Children's, Teenage & Educational / Children's Teenage Fiction & True Stories / Classic Fiction

Description

Dolittle is soon to be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures, starring Robert Downey Jr. and featuring the voice talents of Emma Thompson, Tom Holland, Selena Gomez, and John Cena!

Meet the character who inspired the classic books in Dr. Dolitte's first grand adventure!

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 animal friends on an amazing adventures. They even meet the rarest of all animals, the two-headed pushmi-pullyu!

Author

Hugh Lofting was born in 1886 in Maidenhead, Berkshire. His Doctor Dolittle books first appeared on paper in the form of letters to his children, Elizabeth and Colin. Lofting wrote a number of children's books besides the Dolittle series, including The Story of Mrs. Tubbs (1923), Tommy, Tilly and Mrs. Tubbs (1936), Porridge Poetry (1924), The Twilight of Magic (1930), and Gub Gub's Book (1932). Lofting also wrote one book for adults, Victory for the Slain (1942). He died in 1947 in Santa Monica, California.

David Case was a distinguished narrator who recorded over 700 audiobooks, was

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nominated for a Grammy, and received numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards.

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