The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle has been beloved by children for more a century and will soon come to life again in the new movie, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle.

The famous doctor who can speak to animals first appeared in Hugh Lofting’s letters to his children during World War I and then later commercially in The Story of Doctor Dolittle, the first book in Lofting’s popular children’s book series.

Written and illustrated by Lofting himself, The Story of Doctor Dolittle follows John Dolittle and his misadve...