''Doctor Dolittle's Zoo'' was written and illustrated by
Hugh Lofting
Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) was an English American writer trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictional physician to talking animals, based in a ...
in 1925.
In the book,
Doctor Dolittle
Doctor 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 physician who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in the ...
returns from his voyages and sets his house in order. This includes expanding his zoo to include a home for crossbred dogs and a club for rodents. Doctor Dolittle's Zoo is different from all others because there are no cages; the animals stay there voluntarily and are free to leave whenever they want. The doctor also takes time to solve a mystery with the aid of Kling, the Dog Detective.
In much of the book, the doings of Doctor Dolittle and his household form
frame story
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*Framing (con ...
to various members of the Rat and Mouse Club telling their life stories.
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1925 British novels
1925 fantasy novels
Doctor Dolittle books
British children's novels
1925 children's books
Children's mystery novels
Frederick A. Stokes Company books
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