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 1st time shopping at Amazon.com and I was 100% pleased. December 1, 2007
Jeanette Ewing (Panhandle, TX)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
[[ASIN:0688140017 The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Books of Wonder)
Book arrived in timely manner and in excellent condition. This was serendipidy for me. I did not know what to expect and was very pleasantly surprised.
Could you tell me the seller of this book? I will definitely use this seller again if I have a choice.
Great for kids September 28, 2007
T. Stock
This classic is fun for all ages, but kids especially remain captivated by the adventures of the zany Dr. Doolittle.
Great Read Aloud April 3, 2007
M. lascala
This book is a great read aloud for young children. Mine can't get enough. I have found them combing over an atlas a few times after our reading sessions. I also think this would be a great read aloud in the classroom, especially before a writer's workshop.
Extraordinary update February 7, 2007
bb_g (san francisco)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Got this book out of the library, and my young daughter was mesmerized by the extraordinary illustrations, as well as being fascinated by the good doctor, and his ability to speak to his various and highly characterized animal friends.
While it's not the original, I wouldn't have been able to read her the original (not on shelves around the libraries where I live). So, this was a really great way to introduce her.
Since she liked this one so much, she's checked out at least 7 other Dolittle books, so I'm quite grateful to Books of Wonder that they re-did this one and the Story of Dr. Dolittle with the Michael Hague illustrations; they opened a whole world to my daughter, and she can read through a couple of pages at a time herself now that she's 8. Also, we read aloud as the bedtime story, and there's plenty to talk about as far as different time, era, animal behavior, friendship etc. I'd never seen any Hague illustrations before and I was bowled over by them myself. I'm ordering off Amazon as a gift book
As far as the editing/censorship, there's still plenty to talk about in adventures taking place in a different time and place.
READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! January 19, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I honestly think this book was sooooooooooo interesting and that anyone who doesn't like it is insane!!!!!! I'm a really good reader but this book was a little hard for me. SO, READ IT NOW!!!!!!!
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