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 as far away as Africa to help his friends.
Here is the first adventure of everyone's favorite doctor, Doctor Dolittle. He lives a boring life in the sleepy little town, Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. But that all changes when a crocodile moves in and his parrot, Polynesia, takes it upon herself to teach the Good Doctor how to speak to animals. This edition contains over 50 of Lofting's orginal illustrations.
С огромным удовольствием представляем вам книги Хью Лофтинга о докторе Дулиттле и его зверях. Хью Лофтинг – английский писатель. Он учился на инженера, путешествовал по всему свету, строил железные дороги, но больше всего любил сочинять истории для детей. Лофтинг писал и стихи, и волшебные сказки, но прославил его цикл о докторе Джоне Дулиттле, зоологе и путешественнике, который понимает язык зверей и птиц. Появились эти книжки так: когда Лофтинг участвовал в Первой мировой войне, то посылал с...
First published in 1920, “The Story of Doctor Dolittle”, or “Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts”, is Hugh Lofting’s classic children’s novel about the animal-loving British country doctor, John Dolittle, who learns he can talk to animals with help from his pet parrot Polynesia. In this first book in a series of titles about Doctor Dolittle’s adventures, the good doctor puts his unique skills to use when he has to leave his beloved home in...
"The Story of Doctor Dolittle" is Hugh Lofting's classic children's novel about an animal-loving British country doctor who learns he can talk to animals. Doctor Dolittle puts his unique skill to use by traveling to Africa with his pets to help cure some sick monkeys. «The Story of Doctor Dolittle» which began as a series of letters from Hugh Lofting to his children during WWI is the first in a series of some of the most loved children's books of all time.
John Doolittle is a kind-hearted country physician who keeps goldfish in his pond, rabbits in the pantry, white mice in a piano, and a hedgehog in the cellar. He also has an unusual gift: he can talk to animals — a talent that comes in handy, since he prefers treating animals, rather than humans, as his patients.<BR>One day, a mysterious call summons him to Africa, where a serious epidemic has spread among the monkey population. Of course, the good doctor sets out immediately...
Winner of the Newbery Medal for 1923, “The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle” is Hugh Lofting’s follow-up to his popular children’s book “The Story of Doctor Dolittle”. First published in 1922, the book continues the saga of Doctor Dolittle, the man who can talk to animals. At the beginning of the story we find Tommy Stubbins, the young son of the local cobbler, who has found a squirrel that has been injured by a hawk. Wanting to help the squirrel he learns of a man named Doctor Dolittle who can speak...
Hugh Lofting's follow-up to his popular children's book «The Story of Doctor Dolittle», «The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle» continues the saga of Doctor Dolittle, the man who can talk to animals. In this edition, Doctor Dolittle takes on an assistant, Tommy Stubbins, the young son of the local cobbler and teaches him how to speak with animals. Together the two set out to find Long Arrow, the greatest naturalist in the world, in an adventure that takes them to Mediterranean, South America,...
Добрый доктор Дулиттл растерял почти всех своих клиентов! Их можно понять – на приеме у доктора скорее можно сесть на ежа, чем поставить укол. Потому что доктор так любит животных, что в его доме от них не протолкнуться! И когда люди совсем перестали у него лечиться, благодарные звери пришли ему на помощь. Попугаиха Полли научила Дулиттла языку зверей и птиц – и дело закипело! Скоро слава о великом ветеринаре облетела весь звериный мир, и из Африки пришло письмо от обезьян с мольбой о помощи. И...