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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Doctor Dolittle in the Moon](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqqy7dtkcmyvb7be4vbgtndb/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20261021%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261021T143844Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=c9a0cb67557c564ce1569381a9f4678bbade715135ce7de3c2ec9445cc583d0f) ## About this work Doctor Dolittle in the Moon by Hugh Lofting — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside Title Page Copyright, 1956, by Josephine Lofting Copyright, 1928, by Hugh Lofting All rights reserved including that of translation into foreign languages Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 28-22386 Contents CHAPTERPAGE 1We Land Upon a New World1 2The Land of Colors and Perfumes7 3Thirst!13 4Chee-Chee the Hero21 5On the Plateau26 6The Moon Lake33 7Tracks of a Giant39 8The Singing Trees46 9The Study of Plant Languages53 10The Magellan of the Moon59 11We Prepare to Circle the Moon65 12The Vanity Lilies72 13The Flower of Many Scents79 14Mirrors for Flowers86 15Making New Clothes93 16Monkey Memories of the Moon100 17We Hear of “The Council”108 18The President117 19The Moon Man125 20The Doctor and the Giant135 21How Otho Bludge Came to the Moon143 22How the Moon Folk Heard of Doctor Dolittle151 23The Man Who Made Himself a King159 24Doctor Dolittle Opens His Surgery on the Moon167 25Puddleby Once More175 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE “Zip!--The spring was made”5 “By smelling he could tell if they were safe to eat”8 “The Doctor had brought a compass”10 “Jumping was extraordinarily easy”12 “It was different from any tree I have ever seen”14 “The doctor kept glancing up uneasily”16 “Polynesia soared into the air”19 “I remember Chee-Chee trickling something cool between my lips”20 “Some of the fruits were as big as a trunk”22 “ ‘I climbed a tree’ ”24 “We approached the bluff on whose brow the vegetation flourished”27 The Umbrella Tree28 “ ‘Yes,’ said she, ‘I was awake several times’ ”30 “ ‘You bet they were not!’ grunted Polynesia”31 “We used a long pole to punt with”37 “ ‘What do you think, Doctor?’ he stammered”40 “An enormous footprint”42 “There was more movement in the limbs of the trees”44 “It was a sort of basin”47 “Spellbound we gazed up at them”50 “For quite a long while… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fdoctor-dolittle-in-the-moon) The sample continues in the full work. 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