u003cpu003eDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eDoctor Dolittle keeps all kind of pets in his house in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. In fact he prefers animals to people and even learns to talk to them in their own language. One cold winters day he learns that the monkeys in Africa are inflicted with a terrible disease, and sets sail on an action packed adventure in the company of his favourite animals to save the monkeys. u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eDr Dolittle is one of the most delightful and fascinating characters in childrens literature. This Macmillan Collectors Library edition is illustrated with Hugh Loftings own drawings, and includes two new chapters and an afterword by author Philip Ardagh.u003c/pu003e
