Hugh Lofting: 62 books

The classic Newbery Medal winner that was transformed into a beloved film. Doctor Dolittle heads for the high seas in perhaps the most amazing adventure ever experienced by man or animal! Told by 9-and-a-half-year-old Tommy Stubbins, crewman and future naturalist, Doctor Dolittle and...

The book tells the story of the Doctor returning from the Moon. The first half of the book is dedicated to the life of Tommy Stubbins, an assistant doctor, an animal family in England awaiting his return, and how the Doctor escaped from the moon. The second half of the book is dedicated to finding...

Doktor Dolittle weiß, dass man seine Patienten verstehen muss, um ein guter Arzt zu sein. Zum Glück bringt ihm seine Papageiendame Polynesia die Sprache der Tiere bei. Denn eine schreckliche Nachricht hat ihn erreicht: In Afrika ist eine Krankheit ausgebrochen und die Affen sind in großer Gefahr....

In Doctor Dolittle in the Moon Doctor Dolittle has landed on the Moon. He meets Otho Bludge the Moon Man, a Stone Age artist who was the only human on the Moon when it broke away from the Earth. The animals of the Moon flock to Doctor Dolittle, and he discovers how to communicate with the intelligent plants there too. But will the lunar flora and fauna ever let him leave?

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...

Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle — one of the classics of children's literature. Doctor Dolittle first saw light in the author's illustrated letters to children, written...