Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure.<\/p>\n
Doctor Dolittle is one of the most delightful and fascinating characters in children’s literature. This Macmillan Collector’s Library edition of The Story of Doctor Dolittle<\/i> is illustrated with Hugh Lofting’s own drawings, and includes updated material and an afterword by author Philip Ardagh.<\/p>\n
Doctor Dolittle’s house in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh is full to the brim with eccentric characters, from Polynesia the parrot to Gub-Gub the pig. After learning the languages of all his animals, the gracious and kind-hearted doctor hears that the monkeys in Africa have become inflicted with a terrible disease. So with a team of trusty creatures by his side, the doctor sets sail on an action-packed adventure to save them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A wildly imaginative adventure featuring Doctor Dolittle, the man who can talk to animals, with an afterword by children’s author Philip Ardagh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[390],"product_tag":[28,87,41],"class_list":["post-96292","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-macmillan-collectors","product_tag-adventure-stories-childrens-teenage","product_tag-animal-stories-childrens-teenage","product_tag-classic-fiction-childrens-teenage","pa_book_author-na","pa_cover-hardback","pa_dewey-823-912-edition23","pa_edition-reprint","pa_imprint-macmillan-collectors-library","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8548","pa_publisher-pan-macmillan","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n