Lyons Regional Library

After losing the majority of his wealth, the doctor receives word that an epidemic among monkeys is spreading throughout Africa and makes the voyage to confront the plague-ridden continent. Upon being shipwrecked with his animal crew, a slew of tribulations and adventures ensue in a classic story that has captivated readers young and old for nearly a century.

" ... Dr. Dolittle plays Cupid to a bumbling circus bear to help a group of forest creatures save their habitat. With the aid of his mangy, madcap animal friends, Dolittle must teach this overgrown teddy the ways of true romance in time to save his species and his home!"--Container.

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Doctor Dolittle" during which the physician-turned-veterinarian saves the life of a lion's prince cub and receives a most unusual reward.

While on a trip to Hollywood to help a celebrity starlet's depressed Chihuahua, Maya Dolittle gets caught up in the Hollywood glitz. Dropping her dreams of becoming a vet, Maya lands a job hosting an animal talk show with famous heiress Tiffany Monaco. Lucky starts falling in love with a pedigreed pooch and Maya falls out of love with the ideas about how to help animals. Just when Maya thinks she'll be trapped forever in Tinseltown, Lucky, his new...

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 simplified retelling of an episode in "Doctor Dolittle" in which a crocodile runs away from the circus to get help from the physician-turned-veterinarian, who gives him back his smile.

The adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language, as he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness.