Good Doctor Doolittle has lost almost all of his clients! They can be understood – at a doctor's appointment, you can rather sit on a hedgehog than give an injection. Because the doctor loves animals so much that his house is full of them! And when people completely stopped being treated by him, the grateful animals came to his aid. Polly the parrot taught Doolittle the language of animals and birds – and the business began to boil! Soon the fame of the great veterinarian spread all over the animal world, and a letter from the monkeys came from Africa with a plea for help. And now the doctor's ship with a crew of his favorite animals is rushing on all sails to distant shores! And ahead of them are waiting for adventures, pirates and encounters with amazing animals.Hugh Lofting wrote the first books about the adventures of Dr. Doolittle in the 20s of the last century, decorating the pages with his own drawings. Since then, the good doctor has experienced many incarnations. For example, in Russia, he is better known as Dr. Aibolit – after all, it was the hero of Lofting who served as the prototype for Korney Chukovsky's poetic fairy tales. But under his English surname, the doctor is also well known here, thanks to numerous translations of Lofting's books. And this edition offers one of the best translations of the good doctor's story into Russian.Dr. Doolittle also stepped on the screen a long time ago, but every new film adaptation is of the keenest interest. So in 2020, a hundred years after the release of the first book, Hollywood decided to please the audience with "The Amazing Journey of Dr. Doolittle" with Robert Downey Jr. in the title role.