Gub Gub's Book
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LC Class PZ7.L827 Gu[1] | | |
| Preceded by | Doctor Dolittle in the Moon | |
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| Followed by | Doctor Dolittle's Return | |
Gub Gub's Book: An Encyclopedia of Food: In Twenty Volumes is a 1932 children's book in the Doctor Dolittle series by Hugh Lofting.
Gub-Gub's attempt to write an encyclopedia
of food.
The frontispiece of the book introduces "An Encyclopedia of Food in Twenty Volumes", going on to explain that "Prof. GUB GUB Announces that Owing to the High Cost of Living the other 19 Volumes of this GREAT WORK have been Temporarily Postponed". The book takes the form of a
King Alfred
burnt the cakes.
The book readable is by adults as well as children, who will possibly better appreciate the value and practicality of the
gingersnap hygrometer
.
The hyphen in the name Gub-Gub is replaced by a space on the dust jacket, on the title page, and on the dedication page, but the hyphen appears in the name elsewhere.
References
- ^ a b "Gub Gub's book; an encyclopedia of food ...". Library of Congress Online Catalog (permalink, lccn.loc.gov). Retrieved 2016-12-15.
