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The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Book • 1920
The story follows Dr. John Dolittle, a respected physician who lives in the small English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh.
His love for animals grows, and he eventually learns to speak to them from his parrot, Polynesia.
As his household menagerie expands, he loses his human clients but gains fame in the animal kingdom.
Dr. Dolittle embarks on a voyage to Africa to cure a monkey epidemic, facing numerous challenges including shipwrecks, pirates, and encounters with the king of Jolliginki.
The book is the first in the Dr. Dolittle series and was published in the US in 1920 and in the UK in 1924.
His love for animals grows, and he eventually learns to speak to them from his parrot, Polynesia.
As his household menagerie expands, he loses his human clients but gains fame in the animal kingdom.
Dr. Dolittle embarks on a voyage to Africa to cure a monkey epidemic, facing numerous challenges including shipwrecks, pirates, and encounters with the king of Jolliginki.
The book is the first in the Dr. Dolittle series and was published in the US in 1920 and in the UK in 1924.
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when discussing books she read as a child that inspired her love for animals and Africa.


Jane Goodall

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Jane Goodall: 91 & Thriving
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as the inspiration for his love of adventure.

Sandy MacKinnon

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