Doctor Doolittle's circus
About this book
The doctor needs money to pay off a voyage to Africa, so he joins the circus with the pushmi-pullyu as his attraction. He enlightens a circus owner who cares little for animals, fights against the practice of fox hunting and helps other creatures such as a circus seal and cart horses too old to work.
Details
- First published
- 1925
- OL Work ID
- OL1449027W
Subjects
Juvenile fictionCircusAnimalsFictionFantasyHuman-animal communicationAnimal storiesDoctor Dolittle (Fictitious character)Children's fictionChildren̕s fiction