![]() Hugh Lofting was born in the UK but spent most of his life in the USA. It is believed that Lofting, who thought that communication and respect could create a more harmonious world, would have liked these changes. ![]() Now a century old, the stories were later criticised for colonial attitudes and racist stereotypes, and have been re-edited. Young readers often share Dolittle’s concern for and interest in animals. The Story of Doctor Dolittle is a much-loved children’s classic that began a series of popular adventures featuring Dolittle and his animal friends. Then Dolittle receives a distress message from monkeys in Africa, and sets off to their aid, getting shipwrecked and captured on the way… ![]() Soon he is treating many animal patients. ![]() When he decides he would rather treat animals than people, Polynesia, his parrot, teaches him animal languages, from whisker twitching to ear wiggling. Dr Dolittle is a shy and kindly man with many pets who lives in the village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. ![]()
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