Category: Children’s Literature
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Chapter 6: Polynesia and the King Vocabulary words
Vocabulary Dungeon: A strong underground prison cell, especially in a castle.Invisible: Unable to be seen.Latch-key: A key of an outer door of a house.Ruse: A trick.Mimic: To imitate the appearance, words, or actions of something or someone else.
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 6: Polynesia and the King
Chapter 6: Polynesia and the King When they had gone a little way through the thick forest, they came to a wide, clear space; and they saw the King’s palace which was made of mud. This was where the King lived with his Queen, Ermintrude, and their son, Prince Bumpo. The Prince was away fishing…
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“The Story of Doctor Dolittle” Vocabulary Words
“The Story of Doctor Dolittle” follows a physician who learns animal language, becoming a veterinarian and embarking on adventures in Africa amidst colonial themes. Here are some vocabulary words to go with the book.
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Chapter 7 Vocabulary Words
Chapter 7: The Bridge of Apes Vocabulary Gnashed: Grind (one’s teeth) together.Rage: Violent anger.Mutton: The meat of mature sheep.Mammoth: A large hairy extinct elephant with curved tusks.Cliff: A steep rock face.
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 5: The Great Journey Vocabulary
Chapter 5: The Great Journey Vocabulary Lantern: A lamp with a transparent case protecting the flame or electric bulbShooting Star: A small, rapidly moving body of matter from outer space burning up on entering the earth’s atmosphereEquator: An imaginary line going around the middle of the Earth.Flying Fish: A fish of warm seas that leaps out of the water…
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“The Story of Doctor Dolittle” by Hugh Lofting
“The Story of Doctor Dolittle,” a 1920 children’s novel, follows a physician who communicates with animals and embarks on an adventurous journey to cure a monkey epidemic in Africa.
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 5: The Great Journey
Chapter 5: The Great Journey Now for six whole weeks they went sailing on and on, over the rolling sea, following the swallow who flew before the ship to show them the way. At night she carried a tiny lantern, so they should not miss her in the dark; and the people on the other…
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 4: A Message from Africa Vocabulary Words
Chapter 4: A Message from Africa Vocabulary Measles: An infectious viral disease-causing fever and a red rash on the skinSeaman: A sailor, especially one below the rank of officer.Africa: The world’s second largest and second-most-populous continentHardtack (pilot-bread): Hard dry bread or biscuit, especially as rations for sailorsAnchor: A heavy object attached to a rope or chain and used to hold…
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 4: A Message from Africa
Chapter 4: A Message from Africa That winter was a very cold one. And one night in December, when they were all sitting round the warm fire in the kitchen, and the Doctor was reading aloud to them out of books he had written himself in animal-language, the owl, Too-Too, suddenly said, “Sh! What’s that…
