Hugh Lofting, best known for creating Doctor Dolittle, also wrote and illustrated other children's books of which "Porridge Poetry" is one of the most engaging. This collection of the imaginative, mysterious, bizarre and down right silly is illustrated by some of Hugh Lofting's finest artwork. In this volume the Porridge Poet fires the imagination, enticing you to wonder why Mr Beers is digging a tunnel down to China, and what the Chinese think of that? What other adventures the Pirate of the Kitchen Sink might have besides terrorizing innocent cups and saucers? And just what tales is the Palm Family whispering about at the ede of an African Lagoon? Christopher Lofting's introduction, "The Man Who spoke to Animals," offers an insider's view of Hugh Lofting's idiosyncrasies and tidbits about the author's personal ties to the delightful characters that emerged from his imagination.