The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

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

Doctor Dolittle returns in this classic Newbery Medal winner

Doctor Dolittle heads for the high seas in perhaps the most amazing adventure ever experienced by man or animal Told by 9-and-a-half-year-old Tommy Stubbins, crewman and future naturalist, Doctor Dolittle and company survive a perilous shipwreck and land on the mysterious, floating Spidermonkey Island. There he meets the Great Glass Sea Snail who holds the key to the biggest mystery of all.

Publisher: Yearling Books
Published: 05/01/1988
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780440400028
Age: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 93 / Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

About the Author
Hugh Lofting was born in 1886 in Maidenhead, Berkshire. His Doctor Dolittle books first appeared on paper in the form of letters to his children, Elizabeth and Colin. Lofting wrote a number of children's books besides the Dolittle series, including The Story of Mrs. Tubbs (1923), Tommy, Tilly and Mrs. Tubbs (1936), Porridge Poetry (1924), The Twilight of Magic (1930), and Gub Gub's Book (1932). Lofting also wrote one book for adults, Victory for the Slain (1942). He died in 1947 in Santa Monica, California.