Title: Doctor Dolittle and the secret lake
First published: 1948
Description: Dr. Dolittle revisits the ancient giant turtle Mudface (from "Doctor Dolittle's Post Office") who tells the story of the Great Flood. 

Per reviewers this book has a more serious tone than the other Dolittle books. Parts were published in the New York Herald Tribune in 1923, but Lofting finished the book before his death in 1947.
Subjects: Dolittle, doctor (fictitious character), fiction, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, FICTION, HUMOUR, LITERATURE, STORYTELLING, Children's fiction, Animals, fiction, Fantasy fiction
LC classification: PZ10.3.L85 Dat