Following the 1998 hit film Dr. Dolittle, which made $290 million worldwide, Eddie Murphy is hitting the big screen again in the title role in Dr. Dolittle 2, the new feature from 20th-Century Fox that opens in theaters June 22nd. Voice talent in the movie includes actors Lisa Kudrow, Norm Macdonald, Steve Zahn, Michael, Rapaport, Andy Dick, Frankie Muniz, and Mandy Moore, all taking on animal personalities.

Unlike the first movie, which was rated PG-13, the new film is PG-rated. This time out, several animals ask Dr. Dolittle to help them save their natural habitat --- the forest, which has been condemned to be torn down by a development company. Doc and his dog Lucky concoct a plan they think will do the trick. It involves pairing up a city-slicker circus-performing bear named Archie with a forest-dwelling bear called Ava. Will it work? You'll have to see the movie, or read the tie-in novel to find out. And why not check out the classic original books about Dr. Dolittle, written by Hugh Lofting? Whatever you choose, we hope you have a great time.

DR. DOLITTLE 2
by Lara Bergen
Dell
ISBN: 0440418283
Ages 7-up
144 pages

Get the scoop on how Dr. Dolittle listens to the animals and comes up with a daring plan to help them save their natural forest home in this movie tie-in book. You'll crack up at the colorful animals and all their wacky ways, and you'll get to see eight full-color pages of scenes from the film.

DR. DOLITTLE (1998 movie tie-in)
by N.H. Kleinbaum
Bantam/Skylark
ISBN: 0440415462
Ages 11-up
112 pages

Dr. John Dolittle is a surgeon in a busy and stressful medical practice where he helps lots of people. But everything changes one day when he gets a bump on the head. Suddenly he can hear animals talking to him --- and asking him for medical help. Apparently, communicating with animals is a talent he's always had, but he's just not used it in a long, long while. There's lots of fun and craziness leading up to a dramatic point where Dr. Dolittle is called on to save a tiger. You'll want to know how this story turns out.

THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE
by Hugh Lofting
Yearling
ISBN: 0440483077
Ages 8-up

Here's the classic book that started it all. Hugh Lofting's tale of an English country doctor (who practiced in a small place called Puddleby-on-the-Marsh), has become a favorite of kids all over the globe. You'll want to meet the good doctor who not only can hear animals talking to him, but he can speak their language back to them! In this first book, Dr. Dolittle is called far from England to help save some monkeys in Africa where a harmful epidemic has broken out. Don't miss this wonderful mix of adventure, humor and heart. Other books in Lofting's Dolittle series include THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE, which one the Newbery Medal in 1923.

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