Yearling The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

My daughter loves the story and I have read it three times to her. She never tires of it. I put this down to the fact that the Hugh lofting wanders off in his writing. In a convoluted style his narrative includes stories withing stories which really works. He manages to grasp something that children love and adults (particular publishers) would question relavance of, I imagine. If it would nt be for the fact that this is a classic story I could easily imagine large chunks of it falling under the editorial axe. I m glad none of it has!

An amazing book... an actual book our 10 yr old actually read all the way through. Loved the way it was written, full of great descriptions.

I had this book as a child and loved it. Am now reading it for my son after Santa delivered it at Christmas. We both love it.

A handsome edition of a much-loved children's classic. Very prompt delivery.

Wonderful stories - compelling and complex.Annoyed, however, that the book was clearly second-hand, while sold as new.