Hugh Lofting

When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island.

Although at first he plans only to exhibit the Pushmi-pullyu, John Dolittle soon becomes manager of a very special circus.

The doctor who can talk to the animals makes some mind-blowing lunar discoveries in this spacefaring adventure from the Newbery Medal–winning author.   On the back of a gigantic moth, John Dolittle and his companions travel through space from London to the moon. And they make an interesting landing party indeed. There's the esteemed doctor and naturalist, his secretary Thomas Stubbins, Polynesia the parrot, and Chee-Chee the monkey. Though...

The adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language. As he travels to London with his animal caravan, he befriends a small bird around whom he establishes a bird opera which creates a tremendous success in London.

After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria's England, hides behind the walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure. The doctor is joined on his quest by a young, self-appointed apprentice...

For beginning readers, a simplified version of the story of the good doctor who learned the language of animals and made an adventurous voyage to Africa.

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Doctor Dolittle" during which the physician-turned-veterinarian is caught in a storm and shipwrecked while trying to bring the circus crocodile home to Africa.

When Dr. Dolittle and his animal friends encounter some pirates near the Canary Islands, they pull a switch that results in the pirates' growing birdseed.

A musical about a doctor who wishes his animals could speak to him.