Doctor Dolittle's Caravan
by Hugh Lofting
Doctor Dolittle (3), Doctor Dolittle (Publication Order) (1926)
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John Dolittle takes his circus to London, where with the help of the canary Pippinella he stages a bird opera.Tags
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The Hugh Lofting Doctor Dolittle stories are classics that stand the test of time. I really enjoy them and find them clever and enjoyable. I think the writing can be seen as a bit dated but I think it's still extremely readable.
Another in the classic Doctor Dolittle series. It's as charming as all the rest, but early on there's a story of a cat who stalks and kills a parrot. That story frightened my son a bit - not so much that he doesn't want to continue, but enought that he insisted on sleeping in our bed last night.
Although that may just have been an excuse. :D
Although that may just have been an excuse. :D
One of my favorites --by chance, I read it before Dr, Dolittle's Circus, and it made a great impression on me. The canary Pipinella and the Canary opera, the doctor's adventure freeing the creatures in an abusive pet shop, the doctor, the meeting with Paganini (who, on hearing the opera, said it was obvious the doctor could talk to animals) and all the rest are among my favorite Dolittle memories.
This was once one of a boxed set, but the ret vanished mysteriously during the move from 164 Main Street to 184 Liberty Street in Salem, to my vast regret.
This was once one of a boxed set, but the ret vanished mysteriously during the move from 164 Main Street to 184 Liberty Street in Salem, to my vast regret.
John Dolittle takes his circus to London, where with the help of the canary Pippinella he stages a bird opera.
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Hugh Lofting was born in 1866 in Maidenhead, England. He trained as a civil engineer, getting his education from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Polytechnic Institute of London. He worked in Africa, the West Indies and Canada and then settled in New York to become a writer. The stories about Doctor Dolittle began as letters to show more his children while overseas in England during World War I, where Lofting served with the British Army. The first Doctor Dolittle book published was "The Story of Doctor Dolittle" in 1920. He wrote thirteen more, winning the Newberry Medal in 1923 for "The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle." Lofting illustrated all of the Dolittle books himself. In 1967, the Doctor Dolittle books were made into a musical film starring Rex Harrison. Hugh Lofting died in 1947 at the age of 81. show less
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- Original publication date
- 1926
- People/Characters
- Doctor Dolittle
- First words
- This book of memoirs of Doctor Dolittle has been called the Caravan because it is in part a continuation of the Circus and the adventures that he met with in his career as a showman.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And this, when he walked down the steps of his wagon and for the last time distributed the free peppermints to the children, was (he told Matthew afterwards), the only thing that made him feel sorry at leaving the life of the circus behind.
- Original language
- English
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 823.912 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1901-1945
- LCC
- PZ7 .L827 .D — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 6 — English, Estonian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish
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