The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

by Hugh Lofting

Book Overview

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 Doctor... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448418630
• ISBN13: 9780448418636
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

I would like to recomend this book.

I would like to deffinitly recommend this book to anyone with a good reading level because I found this book very interesting and I happen to love animals. Dr. Doolitle is a naturalist who talks to animals and keeps a private zoo in his garden and plays the flute. Tommy Stubbins longs to join someone on a ship and go sailing, so Dr. Doolitle takes him in as an assistant to help him. On their adventure they encounter several stowaways on the boat and the doctor has a bullfight without killing the bulls. I would definitely recommend this book and it keeps you on the edge of your seat.

A Very Good Book

It's hard to beat this book for all-out imaginative craziness. Oddly enough, other than talking animals, there is very little fantasy in this book, rather, Lofting chose to make Dr. Dolittle and his surroundings a calm place, a place where the animals talk to him, a place where adventures happen, but where there is never any brutal violence, unlike the adventures of Alice in Wonderland or Dorothy in OZ (both of which I like, BTW). What is really nice is that Lofting was able to make this formula WORK! This edition, pink covers with a credit to Christopher Lofting, has been edited from it's original issue to remove some now offensive racial stereotypes and illustrations. I'm glad to say that, while I generally do not support this type of editing, in this case it was well done and did not subtract from the entertainment value of the book. Note: The original Dr. Doolittle books have almost nothing in common with the Eddie Murphy movies, other than talking animals. Don't get them confused!Enjoy!

Something more valuable than gold

This is an excellent book.I have read it two times.I would read it more than that,but I don't own it,and I have to get it from my school's library.Everything about the book is wonderful,but I think the part about the fish that talks english is boring.This is truly a classic story.It is very different from the movie version with Rex Harrison(it is based on more than one book.I know).If you like fantasy,and fun,lovable characters,this is a great book for you!

The longest Doctor Dolittle book and perhaps the best

This is the second published Doctor Dolittle book, but not the second chronologically. The whole series is a fantastic adventure, this one keeps the tension up right from the start. The book is filed with great characters, the Doctor and all his animals are beautifully written as is Bumpo the son of an African King. The meeting between the doctor and Long Arrow is still spellbindinding 25 years after I first read it, with the two naturalists speaking to each other in eagle. A great classic

The best book ever written.

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle is an excellent book because it is amazing Dr.Dolittle can talk to animals.Once you start reading it you can't put the book down .This book is told by 9 year old Tommy Stubbins.It is also quite easy reading , meaning the words were not very hard. The book shared humor and suspense . This book is good for anybody who can read .Also the pictures alone are great.PLEASE dont allow the length stop you from reading this book. The most exciting book ever told by man or animal.