The Story of Doctor Dolittle is highly recommended for readers who love animals and adventures. The book showcases the unique and distinctive feature of Dr. Dolittle, who can understand and talk with animals. The amazing adventures of Dr. Dolittle and his animal friends will make you want to join them on their journey, especially when they meet the rarest of all animals, the two-headed pushmi-pullyu!

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• Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1958)

Dolittle  is soon to be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures, starring Robert Downey Jr. and featuring the voice talents of Emma Thompson, Tom Holland, Selena Gomez, and John Cena! Meet the character who inspired the classic books in Dr. Dolitte’s first grand adventure! 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 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 adventures. They even meet the rarest of all animals, the two-headed pushmi-pullyu!

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