Hugh Lofting's Travels of Doctor Dolittle

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Doctor Dolittle heads for the high seas in perhaps the most amazing adventure ever experienced by man or animal. Told by nine-and-a-half-year-old Tommy Stubbins crewman and future naturalist the voyages of Doctor Dolittle and his company lead them to Spidermonkey Island. Along with his faithful friends Polynesia the parrot and Chee-Chee the monkey Doctor Dolittle survives a perilous shipwreck and lands on the mysterious floating island. There he meets the wondrous Great Glass See Snail who holds the key to the greatest mystery of all.