Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary (Book #11) by Hugh Lofting

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Title: Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary

Author: Hugh Lofting
Series: Doctor Dolittle (Book #11)

Genre: Children's Literature

Length: 288 pages

Published: 1950 (original) 1989 (version I read)

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (version I read)

Brief Synopsis: (taken from Goodreads) Although much of the material had been printed originally in 1924 for the Herald Tribune Syndicate, Lofting planned to complete the story in book form but never finished before he died. Lofting's wife's sister, Olga Michael, completed the book and it was published posthumously in 1950. Everything except the first and last chapter are by Lofting. Much of the material in this book is repeated from the earlier novel Doctor Dolittle's Caravan and tells the story of the Doctor's friend Pippinella the Green Canary, in slightly greater depth.

My Review:

I give this book a 4 out of 5.

Like some of the other Doctor Dolittle books, this one spends most of the book going through the story of one of his animal friends. This time we get to see an elaborated version of Pippinella's story. About two thirds of the way in, it gets much more exciting as there is new material which describes exactly how Doctor Dolittle and Pippinella find her window-cleaner friend and what occurs when they do find him. I have high hopes that the final book in the series will be much more exciting!

Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary is available through Amazon on the kindle. 

Have you read Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary? If so, leave a comment and let me know your thoughts! 

Please note: I was not compensated in any way for this review. It is strictly my opinion.