Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary by Hugh Lofting
The charming story of Pippinella, the green canary, as told by Pip herself to the Doctor. 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.
Table of content
Part I
Chapter 1 The Doctor Meets the Green Canary
Chapter 2 The Inn of the Seven Seas
Chapter 3 At the Marquis's Castle
Part II
Chapter 1 The Green Canary Learns to Fly
Chapter 2 Nippit, the Greenfinch
Chapter 4 Pippinella Finds a Clue
Chapter 5 The Window-cleaner at Last!
Chapter 6 The Window-cleaner's Adventures
Part III
Chapter 2 The Green Parrot Has a Clue
Chapter 3 Cheapside Helps the Doctor
Chapter 5 The Window-cleaner Tells His Name
Chapter 6 The Search for the Missing Papers