Doctor Dolittle's Post Office

<p><I>Doctor Dolittle's Post Office</I> (1920) is a children's fantasy novel by Hugh Lofting. The novel is the third in a series of fifteen books featuring Doctor Dolittle a character created by Lofting in letters written to his wife and children at home while he served in the Great War. Beloved by generations of adults and children for their imaginative nature and moral worldview Lofting's books have inspired numerous adaptations for theater film and television.<p>Doctor John Dolittle is an ordinary physician with an extraordinary gift. Renowned for his ability to communicate with animals Dolittle has made a name for himself as a traveling veterinarian with a generous heart and a courageous spirit. On the West Coast of Africa he finds himself enlisted to help rescue the captives on an illegal slave ship earning him the respect of the people of Fantippo. There he befriends King Koko who encourages him to open the small kingdom's first postal service allowing them to communicate with distant continents using thousands of migratory birds. Told in episodic fashion and with each episode containing wilder and more wonderful adventures than the next Lofting's novel features a lost island filled with prehistoric beasts the invention of an alphabet for animals and a tortoise who has been alive since before the Great Flood. <I>Doctor Dolittle's Post Office</I> is a delightful work of fantasy for children and adults alike.<p>Since our inception in 2020 Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>