Bøger af Hugh Lofting

Doctor Dolittle, is a world-renowned veterinarian who speaks a wide array of animal languages. He is a quiet bachelor living with his spinster sister Sarah in the small English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. He sets off from his home in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail. In so doing, he and his friends meet such exotic creatures as the Pushme-Pullyu and the Giant Lunar Moth. The Story of Doctor Dolittle, is the first in Lofting's Doctor Dolittle series

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle' is the second of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books.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.

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922) is a children's fantasy novel by Hugh Lofting. The novel is the second 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 John Dolittle is an ordinary physician with an extraordinary gift. When Tommy Stubbins finds a badly injured squirrel, he goes around town asking for help. Told to pay a visit to the Doctor, he arrives at his clinic he discovers a strange world of wild and exotic animals. When Doctor Dolittle arrives home from a journey, he heals the squirrel and welcomes Tommy to stay. Now a student of Dolittle, Tommy learns from Polynesia the parrot how to communicate with all animals, and befriends the Wiff-Waff fish, Dab-Dab the duck, and others. When a Purple Bird of paradise arrives at the clinic with news that a friend of the Doctor's has gone missing on Spider Monkey Island, the group embarks on a voyage across the world. On their way to the coast of South America, they make a stop in Spain where the Doctor competes with local matadors to end the tradition of bullfighting. After a shipwreck strands Tommy alone, he must enlist the help of a pod of porpoises to make it to Spider Monkey Island, where he will hopefully find his friends. Featuring war between the Bagjagderags and the Popsipetels, as well as a magical creature known as the Great Glass Sea Snail, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle is a delightful work of fantasy for children and adults alike.Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

Foreword by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack. Afterword by Peter Glassman.When a swallow arrives in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh with the news that the monkeys of Africa are ill and only the doctor who talks with animals can save them, Doctor Dolittle and such good friends as Jip, his loyal dog, and Dab-Dab, his housekeeper duck, face their greatest challenge. Together they must sail to Africa, battle a band of cutthroat pirates, flee across a gorge on a bridge made of acrobatic apes, and convince the king of the beasts that even he must help an animal in need. With nearly fifty full-page pictures from Michael Hague and the McKissacks artful reworking of the dilemma faced by Prince Bumpo, this treasured story is now available in a deluxe edition that all families will want to explore again and again.

Doctor Dolittle's Post Office , is many of the old books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very expensive antique. So that this work is never forgotten we republish these books in high quality, using the original text and artwork so that they can be preserved for the present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

The origins of Doctor Dolittle are revealed! With 32 all-new illustrations of the quirky Doctor and his pals, this classic story with an updated magical twist is sure to be a family favorite!

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.

Ein weiteres Buch uber den weltberuhmten Tierfreund Doktor Dolittle: Zuruck aus Afrika, muss Doktor Dolittle Geld verdienen. Er findet einen Wanderzirkus, in dem er das afrikanische Stomich-Ziehdich zeigen kann. Doch viele der Tiere im Zirkus leiden und erzahlen Doktor Dolittle von den nicht artgerechten Zustanden im Zirkus. Naturlich hilft der Doktor ihnen. In einer spektakularen Fluchtaktion bringen sie zunachst die Seehundfrau Sophie zuruck ins Meer...-

Das zweite Buch um den beliebten Doktor Dolittle, der mit seiner Kunst, die Tiersprachen zu konnen, auch Menschenleben rettet: Doktor Dolittle begibt sich auf die Spinnenaffeninsel, um die Sprache der Schalentiere zu lernen. Doch schnell wird klar, dass die Insel in Richtung Sudpol treibt und die Einheimischen zu erfrieren drohen. Kann Doktor Dolittle die Insel noch retten?-