The Story of Doctor Dolittle

The Story of Doctor Dolittle
First edition
AuthorHugh Lofting
Original titleThe Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of his Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts
IllustratorHugh Lofting
Cover artistHugh Lofting
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDoctor Dolittle
GenreFantasy, children's novel
PublisherFrederick A. Stokes[1]
Publication date
October 25, 1920[2]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages180[1]
Followed byThe Voyages of Doctor Dolittle 
TextThe Story of Doctor Dolittle at Wikisource

The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts (1920), written and illustrated by the British author Hugh Lofting, is the first of his Doctor Dolittle books, a series of children's novels about a man who learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world. It was one of the novels in the series which was adapted into the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle.

  1. ^ a b "The Story of Doctor Dolittle". Library of Congress Catalog. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. ^ "New Books Received", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 25, 1920, p6

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