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Punk, the dog; Ponk, the duck; and Pink, the pig help Mrs. Tubbs after she is forced to leave her home. This charming story was written by Hugh Lofting, the Newberry Award-winning author of the Doctor Dolittle series.

Continue the adventures with Doctor Dolittle and his menagerie of animals in this sequel to the incredible children's classic. In this adventure, Doctor Dolittle takes to the sea with young Tommy Stubbins. When the group end up shipwrecked on the mysterious Spidermonkey Island, they must work together with the local wildlife in order to survive.

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle was the second of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books to be published, coming out in 1922. It is nearly five times as long as its predecessor and the writing style is pitched at a more mature audience. The scope of the novel is vast; it is divided into six parts. It won the Newbery Medal for 1923. It was one of the novels in the series which was adapted into the film Doctor Dolittle.

Doktor Johann Dolittle kann etwas, worum ihn viele Menschen beneiden: Er spricht die Sprache der Tiere! Und er versteht wie kein anderer ihnen zu helfen, wenn sie einmal in Not sind. Das weiß bald jedes Kind auch weit über die Grenzen von Dolittles Heimat Puddleby hinaus. Sogar bis nach Afrika reicht der gute Ruf des Doktors, so dass ihn eines Tages die Affen um Hilfe bitten. Als er sich mit dem Papagei Polynesia, dem Hund Jip, dem Schwein Göb-Göb und vier weiteren Tieren auf die Reise macht, beginnt ein tierisch turbulentes Abenteuer!

Doktor med. John Dolittle liebt Tiere: Bei ihm im Haus leben z.B. Dab-Dab, die Ente, Göb-Göb, das Schweinchen, Jip, der Hund, die Eule Tuh-Tuh und die Papageiendame Polynesia. Als seine menschlichen Patienten mehr und mehr ausbleiben, lässt er sich von Polynesia die Sprache der Tiere beibringen und wird Tierarzt. So kann er zum Glück den Affen zur Hilfe eilen, als in Afrika eine schreckliche Krankheit ausbricht! Zum Dank bekommt er ein besonders seltenes Tier geschenkt: Ein Stoßmich-Ziehdich.

Polynesia the parrot, Jip the dog, Too-Too the owl, Dab-Dab the duck, Gub-Gub the pig, Chee-Chee the monkey and many other animals accompany Dr. Doolittle on his adventurs in England, Africa and on the High Seas. Please note - due to certain unfortunate racial epithets and insensitivities contained in the narrative of this book, parental guidance is suggested.

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle was the second of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books published in 1922. This novel takes us to the different adventures of Doctor Dolittle in the Mediterranean, South America, and even under the sea. Doctor Dolittle meets Tommy Stubbins, the young son of the local cobbler, who becomes his new assistant. Tommy learns how to speak animal languages and becomes involved in the Doctor's quest to find Long Arrow, the greatest naturalist in the world.

Il personaggio creato con tanto successo da Lofting non poteva essere lasciato dopo solo un libro, e così vengono scritti e pubblicati una serie fortunata di libri in cui le avventure di Dolittle si arricchiscono di un altro protagonista umano, in cui facilmente i ragazzi possono identificarsi.

Hugh Lofting, nelle trincee della prima guerra mondiale, decide di non scrivere ai suoi figli ciò a cui sta assistendo, e allora, nelle sue lettere, scrive loro racconti fantastici, che diventeranno in seguito, nel 1920, le avventure del Dr. Dolittle. Questo personaggio, a cui si sono ispirate molto liberamente varie sceneggiature cinematografiche, è un medico a cui piacciono più gli animali delle "persone di riguardo". Pertanto, con l'aiuto del suo pappagallo Polinesia, impara presto a parlare tutte le lingue degli animali.

Dr. John Dolittle mag Tiere viel lieber als Menschen. Darum stört es ihn auch herzlich wenig, dass immer mehr Patienten seine Praxis meiden. Doch irgendwie müssen die Rechnungen ja bezahlt werden. Zum Glück bringt die Papageien-Dame Polynesia dem Doktor alle Tiersprachen bei. Nun steht einer Karriere als Tierarzt nichts mehr im Wege. So wird Dr. Dolittle bald auf der ganzen Welt berühmt und seine "Hausbesuche" führen ihn sogar bis nach Afrika. Gelesen von Stimmkünstler Rufus Beck begeistert die Geschichte von Doktor Dolittle und seinen tierischen Freunden Groß und Klein.

Hugh John Lofting was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, on January 14th, 1886 to English and Irish parents. Lofting was initially educated at Mount St Mary’s College in Spinkhill, Derbyshire, a Jesuit boarding school, from the age of eight. By 1905, at age 18, he was to study abroad, taking classes in civil engineering at the esteemed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA. Thereafter he embarked on a quest to travel widely before settling down to write of his adventures.

Written in 1920 by the British author Hugh Lofting, the Doctor Dolittle books were a series of children's novels about a man who learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world. It was one of the novels in the series which was adapted into the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle.

Doctor Dolittle is one of kind. Not only can he talk to animals - but he can understand them too! One day Doctor Dolittle receives a message from Africa - the monkeys there need his help. So he sails off from his home, bringing along all his pals: Dab-Dab, the duck; Jip, the dog; Gub-Gub, the baby pig; Polynesia, the parrot; and Too-Too, the owl. Join the doctor and his animal friends on an amazing adventure. They even meet the rarest of all animals, the two-headed pushmi-pullyu!

Doctor Dolittle is a very special vet - because he knows how to talk to the animals! So when he hears that there's a terrible sickness hurting all the monkeys in Africa, the good doctor knows he must go and help them. Soon he's off on an exciting adventure across the seas in this superb retelling of Hugh Lofting's beloved classic.

It has been three long, rainy, boring days in Dr. Dolittle’s home, and his animal friends are feeling wilder than usual. The animals cause a ruckus in the house, and Dr. Dolittle declares that they all need a picnic out in the fresh air. But when it is time to go home, one of his animal friends is nowhere to be found! Can Dr. Dolittle find his missing friend?

Dr. John Dolittle is an esteemed physician, but he finds himself drawn to animal patients more often than humans. In this book, his animal companions convince him to go on a daring voyage around the world to search for a missing friend. Their travels take them through storms and shipwrecks, to bullfighting rings and into courtrooms where animals testify as witnesses. All the while, Dr. Dolittle uses his incredible talent of animal communication to befriend and protect any animal he meets.

Doctor John Dolittle is a physician living in England who loves animals. He acquires many animals in his small home, but the volume of animals causes his human patients to be uncomfortable and seek out other practitioners. Doctor Dolittle does the most sensible thing in that situation - learns to speak to the animals from his pet parrot and takes up veterinary medicine instead of human medicine.

""Dr. Dolittle und seine Tiere" von Hugh Lofting ist ein gutes Kinderbuch – auch für Erwachsene." Das schreibt Peter Panter alias Kurt Tucholsky in der Vossische Zeitung am 10.12.1925: "Wenn ein Buch Tiere sprechen lässt, so gibt es dafür nur ein Kriterium: ob mans glaubt. Diesem Dolittle-Bericht glaubt man nach der zweiten Seite alles – es "hat‹"den Leser sofort, und selbstverständlich sprechen Dab-Dab, die Ente, Jip, der Hund, Göb-Göb, das Ferkel, Polynesia, der Papagei, und die Eule Tuh-Tuh.

Doctor Dolittle travels to the Moon and discovers fantastical creatures and plants, expanding his mission of inter-species communication to the stars. Discover hundreds of ad-free audiobooks, soothing sounds for sleep and meditation, and more—unwind and learn at www.adfreebooks.com!

Doctor Dolittle sets up an animal-run postal system, battles injustice, and discovers peaceful new lands in one of his most ambitious adventures yet. Discover hundreds of ad-free audiobooks, soothing sounds for sleep and meditation, and more—unwind and learn at www.adfreebooks.com!