Hugh Lofting
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After losing the majority of his wealth, the doctor receives word that an epidemic among monkeys is spreading throughout Africa and makes the voyage to confront the plague-ridden continent. Upon being shipwrecked with his animal crew, a slew of tribulations and adventures ensue in a classic story that has captivated readers young and old for nearly a century.
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : chiefly color illustrations
Language
English
Description
A man learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world, in this graphic novel retelling of Hugh Lofting's classic story of Doctor Dolittle.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1953
Physical Desc
249 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Freshly returned from his voyages Doctor Dolittle decides to expand his zoo to include a home for crossbred dogs and a club for rodents. The Doctor's Zoo is unlike any other zoo in the world. In his zoo there are no cages; the animals stay there voluntarily and are free to leave whenever they want. While expanding the zoo the doctor takes some time to solve a mystery with the aid of Kling, the Dog Detective. Another wonder adventure with the greats...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1920
Physical Desc
6 preliminary leaves 180 pages : color frontispiece, illustrations, plates. ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Doctor John Dolittle loves animals. He loves them so much that his home and office overflow with animals of every description. When Polynesia the parrot teaches him the language of the animals, Doctor Dolittle becomes a world-famous doctor, traveling even
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
" ... Dr. Dolittle plays Cupid to a bumbling circus bear to help a group of forest creatures save their habitat. With the aid of his mangy, madcap animal friends, Dolittle must teach this overgrown teddy the ways of true romance in time to save his species and his home!"--Container.
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Full and widescreen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maya Dolittle's growing pains wouldn't be as difficult if animals would just stop talking to her. She has inherited her father's ability to talk to animals, and her gift is turning her life upside down.
Author
Pub. Date
1948
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
xvi, 172 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language, as he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness.
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John Dolittle loves animals just like his uncle, Doctor Dolittle. When John is warned that animals are in danger, he jumps into his uncle's submarine to help. When he arrives at Dolittle Island, he learns that it has been taken over by Ramsey the Ram and his army of gorillas. With a little help from some new friends, John comes to the rescue and saves the island.
10) Dr. Dolittle
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A doctor finds out he can understand what animals are saying. When the animals find out, his world is turned upside down.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
500L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Doctor Dolittle" in which a crocodile runs away from the circus to get help from the physician-turned-veterinarian, who gives him back his smile.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maya's dream of going to vet school is put on hold when she gets a call from the President of the United States. It seems the First Dog is out of control and the President needs Maya's help. It's up to Maya and her own dog, Lucky, to stop a canine catastrophe from becoming a national crisis.
15) Doctor Dolittle
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Widescreen ver. (2.35:1)
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (151 min.) : sound, color, single sided ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Step into the English country home of the good doctor as he performs remarkable treatments on a variety of four-legged, fine-feathered patients. See his secret cures and watch as ordinary and exotic animals talk, dance, and sing.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
500L
Physical Desc
150 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged retelling of the story in which Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island.