Description
| Product ID: | 9781847497451 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Alma Junior Classics |
| Title: | The Story of Dr Dolittle |
| Subtitle: | Presented with the original Illustrations |
| Authors: | Author: Hugh Lofting, Susan Hellard, Hugh Lofting |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A new edition of one of the most celebrated children classics, here presented with extra material for young readers including a glossary and a quiz-yourself section. “After a while, with the parrot’s help, the Doctor got to learn the language of the animals so well that he could talk to them himself and understand everything they said.”John Dolittle is a highly respected doctor in the village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, yet he loves animals so much that his house is soon full of them. With all his patients scared away, and the expense of feeding his menagerie mounting, a friend suggests that the Doctor become a vet instead. With the help of Polynesia the parrot, Doctor Dolittle swiftly learns the language of the animals so that he can talk to all of his new patients. However, when a message comes from Africa, telling of a terrible sickness among the monkeys there, the Doctor and his animal friends depart on a thrilling and dangerous adventure that they are never likely to forget. |
| Imprint Name: | Alma Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Alma Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-07-26 |