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Doctor Dolittle's Garden

by Hugh Lofting

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Doctor Dolittle's Garden was published in 1927 and is structurally one of the strangest books in the series. The doctor is briefly back at Puddleby trying to write up his natural history notes, and most of the book takes place around his garden, his library, and the kitchen. The animal characters tell each other long stories. There is a long sequence with rats discussing their dietary preferences. There is a long sequence about an unusually large slug. There is the entire Dog Ambulance Service that the doctor sets up to rescue injured dogs across England.

The last third of the book pivots sharply. A giant moth named the Lunar Moth appears, having flown from the actual Moon, and convinces the doctor to make a voyage there. This sets up Doctor Dolittle in the Moon, the next book in the series. The novel is sometimes criticized for being slow, but the small domestic detail of Puddleby village life is some of Lofting's gentlest writing. A book for readers who already love the doctor's voice and want more of it.

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Hugh Lofting

Hugh John Lofting was an English-American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictional physician talking to animals, based in an English village, first appeared in illustrated letters to his children which Lofting sent from British Army trenches in the First World War.

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Book facts

First published
1927
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
224
Language
English
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