The Story of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
It's funny that this part of Audible.com's "Audible Kids" edition. All that means is the audio is bookended with a chorus of kids screaming "Audible Kids!" The talk of coons, darkies, and n*ggers should get this banned more often than the oft-cited [b:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|2956|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|Mark Twain|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1274410225s/2956.jpg|1835605]. Of course, the "Black Prince" tribal leader in this mostly African adventure isn't as evil as he seems, he really just wants to get away and be a white man ... with blue eyes. Still, the Bond-esque English sanguine attitude of John Dolittle is quaint but what really makes this edition is the gusto the narrator [a:David Case|20429|David Case|https://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-e89fc14c32a41c0eb4298dfafe929b65.png] throws into grunting and squeaking through the animal dialogues of Gub-Gub the pig, Jip the dog, Chee-Chee, Dab-Dab the duck, and the two-headed Pushmi-pullyu.
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