{"product_id":"2940015163599","title":"The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle","description":"This version of The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle is an early edition complete with illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Voyages of Doctor Dolittle was the second of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books to be published, coming out in 1922. It is nearly four times longer than its predecessor and the writing style is pitched at a more mature audience. The scope of the novel is vast; it is divided into six parts and the illustrations are also more sophisticated. It won the Newbery Medal for 1923.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 The Story of Doctor Dolittle. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoctor Dolittle 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. The stories are set in early Victorian England, where Doctor John Dolittle lives in the fictional village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoctor Dolittle has a few close human friends, including Tommy Stubbins and Matthew Mugg, the Cats'-Meat Man. The animal team includes Polynesia (a parrot), Gub-Gub (a pig), Jip (a dog), Dab-Dab (a duck), Chee-Chee (a monkey), Too-Too (an owl), the Pushmi-pullyu, and a White Mouse later named simply \"Whitey\".","brand":"Balefire Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070807228656,"sku":"2940015163599","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015163599_p0.jpg?v=1763619854","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015163599","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}