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After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria's England, hides behind the walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure. The doctor is joined on his quest by a young, self-appointed apprentice...

Gerald, whose communication in the form of clangs, toots, and blasts, distresses his parents and the kids at school.

Two city teens resentfully go to their grandparents' farm for Christmas. Soon, the sisters connect with the horses and fall in love with country life. When foreclosure threatens, the girls use their smarts and tech skills to save the day.

In the jungles of India, Mowgli, a human boy, grows up under the protection and tutelage of a pack of wolves, Shere Khan the tiger, Bagheera the panther, and Baloo the bear, but must choose one day between humans and his animal family.

When all hope for a peaceful coexistence between humankind and aliens seems lost, Eva Nine, with help from an unlikely ally, tries to thwart the evil Loroc's ultimate plan for life on Orbona.

A pregnant Charley Davidson must deal with twelve hellhounds hot on her trail, a decades-old murder of a newly-vowed nun, the still unsolved murder of her father, the strange behavior of her husband, and her tendency to attract the undead.