Doctor Johann Dolittle has a special ability that many people envy: he speaks the language of animals! He understands better than anyone else how to help them when they are in trouble. Soon, every child knows this, even far beyond the borders of Dolittle's hometown Puddleby. The doctor's good reputation even reaches Africa, where one day the monkeys ask him for help. When he sets off on a journey with the parrot Polynesia, the dog Jip, the pig Göb-Göb, and four other animals, a wildly turbulent adventure begins!.