The Story of Doctor Dolittle

When a great plague strikes the animals of Africa, Doctor Dolittle, the best animal doctor in the world, travels to Africa to save them. Lofting's depiction of black Africans has been criticized as racist; the Delacorte revised editions have changed or eliminated the prejudicial passages. The sequels are The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922; John Newbery Medal, 1923; rev. ed., 1988), Doctor Dolittle's Post Office (1923), Doctor Dolittle's Circus (1924; Delacorte, 1988; Peter Smith, 1989), Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary (1924, 1950, 1989), Doctor Dolittle's Zoo (1925), Doctor Dolittle's Caravan (1926), Doctor Dolittle's Garden (1927), Doctor Dolittle in the Moon (1928), Gub-Gub's Book: An Encyclopedia of Food (1932), Doctor Dolittle's Return (1933), Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake (1948), and Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures (1952). Doctor Dolittle: A Treasury (Dell, 1986, pap.) is a collection of tales. Recommended.Lofting, Hugh is the author of 'The Story of Doctor Dolittle' with ISBN 9780685189535 and ISBN 0685189538.