Doctor Dolittle's Post Office
10 best books like Doctor Dolittle's Post Office (Hugh Lofting): Deerskin, What Do People Do All Day?, Millions of Cats, Pippi in the South Seas, Pippi Goes on Board, Pan Tadeusz, Raggedy Andy Stories, The Midnight Folk, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, Mary Poppins Comes Back
| Author | Robin McKinley |
| ISBN | 0441012396 |
As Princess Lissla Lissar reaches womanhood, it is clear to all the kingdom that in her beauty she is the image of her dead mother, the queen. But this likeness forces her to flee from her father's lust and madness; and in the pain and horror of that flight she forgets who she is and what it is she flees from:...
What Do People Do All Day?
| Author | Richard Scarry |
| ISBN | 0394818237 |
While Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day? definitely is engagingly entertaining, full of details upon details and thus both textually and illustratively informative (and albeit I do also have fond memories using a school library copy in grade four to practice my English vocabulary), personally...
| Author | Wanda Gág |
| ISBN | 0142407089 |
Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman who were very lonely. They decided to get a cat, but when the old man went out searching, he found not one cat, but millions and billions and trillions of cats! Unable to decide which one would be the best pet, he brought them all home. How the old couple came...
| Author | Astrid Lindgren |
| ISBN | 0670557110 |
My favourite bit is the song "Sjörövar-Fabbe" - though, as Gulla points out below, this isn't actually in the book, only the movie. It's about Pippi's great-grandfather, Fabbe, who despite being a fearsome pirate has a tendency to become seasick any time the waves get a little rough. Most Swedish...
| Author | Astrid Lindgren |
| ISBN | 0140309594 |
Outrageous Pippi Longstocking of Villa Villekulla has no parents around and no rules to follow, so she lives according to her own daredevilish ways. She has been treating her friends Tommy and Annika to wild adventures, too - like buying, and eating, seventy-two pounds of candy on a shopping trip, or...
| Author | Adam Mickiewicz |
| ISBN | 0781800331 |
An epic tale of country life among the Polish and Lithuanian gentry in 1811-1812, PAN TADEUSZ by Adam Mickiewicz is perhaps Poland's best-known literary work and has been translated into almost every European language. This bilingual edition, with side by side Polish and English, features Kenneth...
| Author | Johnny Gruelle |
| ISBN | 0027375862 |
Since Raggedy Andy first appeared in print in 1920, he has delighted millions of readers with his adventurous spirit and compassionate nature. Now he returns to captivate a new generation in this carefully produced reissue, which restores the book to its original appearance. All the original stories...
| Author | John Masefield |
| ISBN | 0006724167 |
‘Don’t you have any fear, Kay. We’re the guards, we are. We hear that the house has gone all to sixes and sevens since we left it, but that’s going to be remedied now’
Young Kay Harker lives in an old house in the country, filled with portraits of his ancestors. His only companions are...
Mary Poppins Opens the Door
| Author | P.L. Travers |
| ISBN | 0152058222 |
From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. This classic series tells the story of the world's most beloved nanny, who brings enchantment and excitement with her everywhere she goes. Featuring the charming original...
| Author | P.L. Travers |
| ISBN | 0152058168 |
It's hard to review books you really love. We loved this story, we loved the characters and the ideas. We all know Mary Poppins was stern, no-nonsense and doesn't explain anything but a downside for me was that I did feel very sad for the children who rarely see their parents and they know that their replacement...
| Author | Astrid Lindgren |
| ISBN | 3423712694 |
Madita heißt eigentlich Margareta, aber als sie noch klein war, nannte sie sich selbst Madita. Jetzt ist sie fast sieben und wird immer noch Madita gerufen. Nur wenn sie etwas angestellt hat, wird sie Margareta genannt. Und sie wird ziemlich oft so genannt, denn auf Birkenlund kann man jeden Tag neue...
