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Adapted for beginning readers from the original Hugh Lofting story. For primary school students.

Just in time for the major motion picture Dolittle starring Robert Downey Jr.—soaring into theaters on January 17, 2020! Journey into the world of Doctor Dolittle, the kind and eccentric naturalist who can speak with animals. Working with original author Hugh Lofting’s son, these books have been fully updated for the modern reader, all while retaining the full charm of the originals. Rediscover the children’s literature classic with this gorgeous paperback boxed set!This collectible boxed set includes: The Story of Doctor Dolittle The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (which inspired the upcoming movie starring Robert Downey Jr.) Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office Doctor Dolittle’s Circus Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo Doctor Dolittle’s Puddleby Adventures Doctor Dolittle’s Garden Doctor Dolittle in the Moon Doctor Dolittle’s Return Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake Gub Gub’s Book

Doctor Dolittle’s Garden is structurally the most disorganised of Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle books. The first part would fit very well into Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo, which this book follows. The rest of the book forms a reasonably coherent narrative. Doctor Dolittle’s assistant, Tommy Stubbins, reports on Professor Quetch, curator of the Dog Museum in the Home for Crossbred Dogs. Meanwhile, the doctor has learnt insect languages and hears ancient tales of a giant race of insects. Fascinated, the doctor plans a voyage to find them — but before he does so, one arrives in his garden. Hugh John Lofting was a trained as a civil engineer and author who created the character of Doctor Dolittle; one of the classics of children’s literature. Hugh Lofting’s doctor from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh who could speak to animals first saw light in the author’s illustrated letters to children, written from the trenches during World War I when actual news, he later said, was either too horrible or too dull. Eight more books followed, and after Lofting’s death two more volumes, composed of short unpublished pieces, appeared. The series has been adapted for film and television many times, for stage twice, and for radio.

Doctor Dolittle's Post Office is the third of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books. Set on the West Coast of Africa, the book follows the episodic format of most other books in the series. In the beginning of the book, Doctor Dolittle helps to capture a slave trader's ship, then organizes the postal service of a small African kingdom, Fantippo, ruled over by King Koko. Over the course of later chapters, he discovers a hidden island populated by prehistoric creatures, gets thrown into another African jail, invents animal alphabets, and defeats at least two armies. Each of the animals in the Dolittle family also tells a personal story. The postal program grows into a worldwide postal and publishing service for the benefit of animals everywhere.

The award-winning "The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle" by Hugh Lofting is one of his best known works, entertaining young readers for almost a century.  The idea of being able to speak to animals is one that mesmerizes kids even today.  This edition contains the original illustrations that Lofting drew himself.  While some editions have been 'updated' to reflect modern sensibilities, this one contains the exact text as originally published in 1922. 

A collection of classic Fantasy short stories by H.G. Wells, Ursula Le Guin, E. Nesbit, Hugh Lofting, Ruth Ainsworth, Joan Aiken, Mary Norton, J.R.R. Tolkien, Norton Juster, Washington Irving, Lewis Carroll, Eric Linklater, C.S. Lewis, Alan Garner, Helen Cresswell and L. Frank Baum.

Stories are: The Truth about Pyecraft by H. G. Wells, Warriors in the Mist by Ursula Le Guin, The Cats The Cow and The Burglar by E. Nesbit, Dr. Dolittle's Reward by Hugh Lofting, The White-Haired Children by Ruth Ainsworth, Harriet's Hairloom by Joan Aiken, The Way Out by Mary Norton, Riddles in the Dark by J. R. R. Tolkien, The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, The Lion and the Unicorn by Lewis Carroll, The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater, By Caldron Pool by C. S. Lewis, A Ring of Stones by Alan Garner, Particle Goes Green by Helen Cresswell, and Escape to the Emerald City by L. Frank Baum.

Gifted but arrogant heart surgeon Hugh Knight (Rodger Corser, Glitch, The Doctor Blake Mysteries) leads a charmed life in Sydney. He believes his talent let's him live outside the rules until an incident involving drugs and alcohol brings his world crashing down. Placed on probation and banned from performing surgery, Hugh retreats to his rarely visited hometown of Whyhope in rural Australia. Working as a GP at an underfunded hospital with a no-nonsense boss (Hayley McElhinney, The Babadook), Hu

As the hit Australian dramedy returns, hotshot surgeon Hugh Knight (Rodger Corser, The Doctor Blake Mysteries) continues to serve out his probation in his rural hometown, while his family faces struggles that could bring them closer together, or tear them apart.