The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1998)
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle is a 1998 animals book written by Hugh Lofting.
Hugh Lofting's second Doctor Dolittle book is narrated by Tommy Stubbins, a cobbler's son who becomes the naturalist's young assistant. Dolittle, who speaks the languages of animals, sets sail with Tommy, the parrot Polynesia, and the dog Jip to find his lost friend Long Arrow and to reach the floating Spidermonkey Island. Their voyage runs through shipwreck, a bullfight, and an accidental turn as island royalty. Written for slightly older readers than the first book, it won the 1923 Newbery Medal and blends gentle comedy with a real, patient wonder at the natural world.
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What is The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle about?
Hugh Lofting's second Doctor Dolittle book is narrated by Tommy Stubbins, a cobbler's son who becomes the naturalist's young assistant. Dolittle, who speaks the languages of animals, sets sail with Tommy, the parrot Polynesia, and the dog Jip to find his lost friend Long Arrow and to reach the floating Spidermonkey Island. Their voyage runs through shipwreck, a bullfight, and an accidental turn as island royalty. Written for slightly older readers than the first book, it won the 1923 Newbery Medal and blends gentle comedy with a real, patient wonder at the natural world.
When was The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle published?
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle was published in 1998.
Who made The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle?
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle was written by Hugh Lofting.
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A few thoughts on The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
The 1967 musical film Doctor Dolittle, with Rex Harrison singing to his menagerie, is the classic screen version of Hugh Lofting's world. For the same childhood wonder at talking creatures and voyages into the unknown, the film My Neighbor Totoro shares that gentle, nature-struck spirit.
Kids who share a real bond with an animal that talks back
Tommy Stubbins spends The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle at the side of a man who actually understands what animals are saying, and that same fantasy of a true animal bond runs through Redwall's warrior mice, Charlotte's Web's unlikely barnyard friendship, Brisingr's dragon-rider partnership and the modern Doctor Dolittle's talking menagerie.
Gentle fantasy worlds for curious young readers to explore
Hugh Lofting sends a naturalist and his young assistant sailing toward a floating island, the same first-taste wonder that greets a lonely spirit-forest in My Neighbor Totoro, a hidden wizarding world in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, a witch's tower in The Girl Who Drank the Moon and a superhero double life in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.