书名：The Story of Dr Dolittle怪医杜立德的故事

读者对象：9-12岁

作者：Hugh Lofting 
出版社名称：Alma Classics
出版时间：2020

语种：英语
ISBN：9781847497451
商品尺寸：14.3 x 1 x 19.9 cm
包装：平装
页数：128（以实物为准）Review

“The first real children's classic since Alice.” ―Hugh Walpole

“过了一会儿，在鹦鹉的帮助下，医生把动物们的语言学得很好，他可以自己跟它们说话，听懂它们说的每句话。”

约翰·多利特是普德格比沼泽村一位德高望重的医生，然而他非常热爱动物，以至于他的房子里很快就挤满了动物。他所有的病人都被吓跑了，喂养动物的费用也越来越多，一个朋友建议他改行当兽医。

在鹦鹉波利尼西亚的帮助下，多利特医生很快学会了动物的语言，这样他就可以和他所有的新病人交谈了。然而，当一个消息从非洲传来，说那里的猴子有一种可怕的疾病，医生和他的动物朋友们出发去进行一场他们永远不会忘记的惊险和危险的冒险。

“After a while, with the parrot's help, the Doctor got to learn the language of the animals so well that he could talk to them himself and understand everything they said.”

John Dolittle is a highly respected doctor in the village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, yet he loves animals so much that his house is soon full of them. With all his patients scared away, and the expense of feeding his menagerie mounting, a friend suggests that the Doctor become a vet instead.

With the help of Polynesia the parrot, Doctor Dolittle swiftly learns the language of the animals so that he can talk to all of his new patients. However, when a message comes from Africa, telling of a terrible sickness among the monkeys there, the Doctor and his animal friends depart on a thrilling and dangerous adventure that they are never likely to forget.休·洛夫廷（1886~1947），美国儿童文学作家和插图画家，1886年出生于英国伯克郡的梅登黑德，少年时代加入美国国籍，曾就读于美国麻省理工学院、英国伦敦工业大学，毕业后成为建筑工程师和铁路工程师。第1次世界大战时，休洛夫廷曾服兵役，他强烈反对战争和暴力。为减轻战争带来的压抑，洛夫廷就给家中的孩子写信讲故事，塑造出一个胖胖的动物医生形象——杜利特。于是“杜利特医生的故事”得以问世。他一生共写了12部以杜利特医生为主角的作品，并于1922年获得美国纽伯瑞儿童文学奖，成为在全世界享有盛誉的作家。

由于洛夫廷早年是位工程师，又有丰富的人生经历，所以他的作品知识性极强。在充满幻想色彩的故事中，涉及了大量的地理、历史、生物、天文、航海等方面的知识，为孩子们的阅读提供更多的养料。

Hugh Loftingwas born in 1886 in Maidenhead, Berkshire. His Doctor Dolittle books first appeared on paper in the form of letters to his children, Elizabeth and Colin. Lofting wrote a number of children’s books besides the Dolittle series, includingThe Story of Mrs. Tubbs(1923),Tommy, Tilly and Mrs. Tubbs (1936),Porridge Poetry (1924),The Twilight of Magic (1930), andGub Gub’s Book (1932). Lofting also wrote one book for adults,Victory for the Slain (1942). He died in 1947 in Santa Monica, California.