Dr. Dolittle's Zoo - Softcover

Lofting, Hugh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 009988030X ISBN 13: 9780099880301

Publisher: Red Fox, 1992

Synopsis

Doctor Dolittle's Zoo is an animal home, not a prison, and the animals come and go as they please. But a visitor to the Rat and Mouse Club reveals a mystery at nearby Moorsden Manor, which Tommy Stubbins and the animals are determined to solve.

About this title

Book Description:

Meet Doctor Dolittle, the only man in the world who can talk to animals.

About the Author:

Hugh Lofting was born in Maidenhead in 1886. As a child he kept a miniature zoo and wildlife museum in his mother's linen cupboard and enjoyed making up stories for his family. He later studied engineering in London and the United States, and visited Canada, Africa and the West Indies. After his marriage in 1912 he settled in the United States. Hugh Lofting fought in the trenches during World War I and it was whilst observing the lack of compassion shown to the horses on the battlefields that the idea for Doctor Dolittle was born. He was the main character in letters Hugh sent home from the front to entertain his children. The successful publication of The Story of Doctor Dolittle in 1920 was followed by a further eleven books. In 1923 Hugh Lofting was awarded the Newbery Medal. He died in 1947.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Fox
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 009988030X
• ISBN 13: 9780099880301
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288