Cover of Doctor Dolittle's Zoo

Doctor Dolittle's Zoo

by Hugh Lofting · 1925

Doctor Dolittle seriesbook 5 of 12Next:Doctor Dolittle's Caravan(1926) →

+ Want to read

The adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language. Seeing that many of his animal friends want to live with him, Dr. Dolittle changes his zoo collection from rather unusual animals to native ones and immediately runs into trouble.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
medium · 251 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare pricesHardcover

Liked Doctor Dolittle's Zoo? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Doctor Dolittle's Zoo. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Meet the Malones Lenora Mattingly Weber · 1943 Shares childrens, classics, young adult
  2. Stuart Little E.B. White · 1945 Shares childrens, classics, fiction
  3. Free onlineFree
    The House at Pooh Corner A.A. Milne · 1928 Shares childrens, classics, fiction
  4. The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet Eleanor Cameron · 1954 Shares childrens, fantasy, fiction
See more recommendations →

“People who read Doctor Dolittle's Zoo tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Winona's Pony Cart Maud Hart Lovelace · 1953
  2. Free onlineFree The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes Joseph Conrad · 1919
  3. Winter Holiday Arthur Ransome · 1933
  4. The Best of MUTTS Patrick McDonnell · 2007

“If you want more of the same (fantasy about animals), start with these.”

  1. Tucker's Countryside George Selden · 1969
  2. Chester Cricket's New Home George Selden · 1983
  3. Ralph S. Mouse Beverly Cleary · 1982
  4. The Old Meadow George Selden · 1987

“If it was the classics that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl · 1964
  2. James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl · 1961
  3. Charlotte's Web/Stuart Little Slipcase Gift Set E.B. White · 2004
  4. The Trumpet of the Swan E.B. White · 1970

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. A Moose That Says Moo Jennifer Hamburg · 2013
  2. The Octopus and the Orangutan: New Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity Eugene Linden · 2002
  3. Zoo Zoom! Candace Ryan · 2015
  4. Fever in Urbicand Benoit Peeters · 1984

Report a problem