The Story of Doctor Dolittle
by Hugh Lofting
No one likes or understands animals like Dr. Doolittle, the nineteenth-century eccentric doctor who mastered the language of animals with the help of the Polynesian Parrot. After his human patients run away from him, the kind-hearted doctor finds his profession in the practice of animal medicine, and his fame spreads far and wide. When a terrible epidemic breaks out among monkeys in Africa, Dr. Doolittle goes to the rescue with some of his favorite pets. Thus begins the hilarious and bizarre adventures of Dr. Aibolit and the animal kingdom.
