Hugh Lofting

A doctor discovers that he can understand what animals are saying. When the animals find out, his world is turned upside down.

The town doctor, Dr. Doolittle, switches to patients of the furry kind when he realizes he has a special gift of communicating with animals.

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Doctor Dolittle" during which the physician-turned-veterinarian saves the life of a lion's prince cub and receives a most unusual reward.

"Doctor Dolittle sets sail for home with his animal crew, assuring them, 'We're done with adventures from now on.' That is, until they find a very unusual stowaway on their ship!"--P. [4] of cover.

While on a trip to Hollywood to help a celebrity starlet's depressed Chihuahua, Maya Dolittle gets caught up in the Hollywood glitz. Dropping her dreams of becoming a vet, Maya lands a job hosting an animal talk show with famous heiress Tiffany Monaco. Lucky starts falling in love with a pedigreed pooch and Maya falls out of love with the ideas about how to help animals. Just when Maya thinks she'll be trapped forever in Tinseltown, Lucky, his new...

"Maya's dream of going to vet school is put on hold when she gets a call from the President of the United States. It seems the First Dog is out of control, and the president needs Maya's help. Now it's up to Maya and Lucky to stop a canine catastrophe from becoming a national crisis!"--Container.