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B. Lippincott & Co.">J. B. Lippincott</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1948_in_literature" title="1948 in literature">1948</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print (<a href="/wiki/Hardcover" title="Hardcover">hardcover</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paperback" title="Paperback">paperback</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Dolittle%27s_Return" title="Doctor Dolittle's Return">Doctor Dolittle's Return</a> </i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Followed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Dolittle_and_the_Green_Canary" title="Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary">Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary</a> </i></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg/20px-Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg" decoding="async" width="20" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg/30px-Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg/41px-Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1115" data-file-height="1536" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Children%27s_literature" title="Portal:Children's literature">Children's literature portal</a></span></li></ul> <p><i><b>Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_Dolittle" title="Doctor Dolittle">Doctor Dolittle</a> book written by <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Lofting" title="Hugh Lofting">Hugh Lofting</a>. The book was published posthumously in 1948,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 15 years after its predecessor.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fittingly, it is the longest book in the series, and the tone is the darkest; <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> took place before the book was published, during which Lofting had published his 1942 anti-war poem <i><a href="/wiki/Victory_for_the_Slain" title="Victory for the Slain">Victory for the Slain</a></i>. The book contains passages that almost border on being misanthropic with some very powerful passages concerning war and <a href="/wiki/Man%27s_inhumanity_to_man" class="mw-redirect" title="Man's inhumanity to man">Man's inhumanity to man</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Style">Style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doctor_Dolittle_and_the_Secret_Lake&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The book starts with the Doctor giving up his dream of lengthening human life with discoveries he made on the Moon, and showing signs of despair. The tone of the passages for the first time acknowledges 'nature red in tooth and claw': another of the Doctor's experiments, a house where scavengers and parasites can live without harming other creatures, is also doomed to failure. </p><p>The Doctor then receives an urgent call to rescue what is literally his oldest friend: Mudface the Giant Turtle, who was a passenger on <a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark" title="Noah's Ark">Noah's Ark</a>. Mudface's tale of the <a href="/wiki/Deluge_myth#Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Deluge myth">Great Flood</a> is told, which was missing from Lofting's 1923 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Dolittle%27s_Post_Office" title="Doctor Dolittle's Post Office">Doctor Dolittle's Post Office</a></i>. Mudface's account of the Flood and its aftermath takes up most of the book, and it is by no means a jolly story. There are many references to genocide and slavery, including a passage where animals gather outside a hut to devour the humans inside (a young man and his beloved, who are the most sympathetic characters next to Mudface and his mate). </p><p>Comedy is reduced to a mere sprinkling, just enough to lighten some of the more dark passages. The book stands alone in style but with, arguably, some of <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Lofting" title="Hugh Lofting">Hugh Lofting</a>'s most powerful writing. </p><p>Also of note is that Lofting's depiction of African characters is far less caricatured than in previous novels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doctor_Dolittle_and_the_Secret_Lake&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDrew2010" class="citation book cs1">Drew, Bernard A. (8 March 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Literary_Afterlife/c91Vrl20Y4sC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Doctor+Dolittle+and+the+Secret+Lake%22+1948&pg=PA220&printsec=frontcover"><i>Literary Afterlife: The Posthumous Continuations of 325 Authors' Fictional Characters</i></a>. McFarland. p. 220. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-5721-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-5721-2"><bdi>978-0-7864-5721-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Literary+Afterlife%3A+The+Posthumous+Continuations+of+325+Authors%27+Fictional+Characters&rft.pages=220&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=2010-03-08&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-5721-2&rft.aulast=Drew&rft.aufirst=Bernard+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk%2Fbooks%2Fedition%2FLiterary_Afterlife%2Fc91Vrl20Y4sC%3Fhl%3Den%26gbpv%3D1%26dq%3D%2522Doctor%2BDolittle%2Band%2Bthe%2BSecret%2BLake%2522%2B1948%26pg%3DPA220%26printsec%3Dfrontcover&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADoctor+Dolittle+and+the+Secret+Lake" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/361946978/?match=1&terms=%22Doctor%20Dolittle%20and%20the%20Secret%20Lake%22">"Book Review"</a>. <i>The Gazette and Daily</i>. 21 January 1949<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Doctor Dolittle characters">Characters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Dolittle_(TV_series)" title="Doctor Dolittle (TV series)">TV series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Dolittle_(musical)" title="Doctor Dolittle (musical)">Stage musical</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Talk_to_the_Animals" title="Talk to the Animals">Talk to the Animals</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Noah&#039;s_Ark" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Source</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Genesis_flood_narrative" title="Genesis flood narrative">Genesis flood narrative</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" title="Book of Genesis">Book of Genesis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shem" title="Shem">Shem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ham_(son_of_Noah)" title="Ham (son of Noah)">Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japheth" title="Japheth">Japheth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wives_aboard_Noah%27s_Ark" title="Wives aboard Noah's Ark">Wives aboard Noah's Ark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Noah" title="Book of Noah">Book of Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generations_of_Noah" title="Generations of Noah">Generations of Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopher_wood" title="Gopher wood">Gopher wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_wine" title="Noah's wine">Noah's wine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Laws_of_Noah" title="Seven Laws of Noah">Seven Laws of Noah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Noah_and_His_Magical_Ark" title="Captain Noah and His Magical Ark">Captain Noah and His Magical Ark</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bible_Ki_Kahaniyan" title="Bible Ki Kahaniyan">"Noah's Ark"</a> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Island" title="Noah's Island">Noah's Island</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(miniseries)" title="Noah's Ark (miniseries)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/VeggieTales" title="VeggieTales">VeggieTales</a>: Noah's Ark</i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ark_(film)" title="The Ark (film)">The Ark</a></i> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(1928_film)" title="Noah's Ark (1928 film)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Father_Noah%27s_Ark" title="Father Noah's Ark">Father Noah's Ark</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bible:_In_the_Beginning..." title="The Bible: In the Beginning...">The Bible: In the Beginning...</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/O_Trapalh%C3%A3o_na_Arca_de_No%C3%A9" title="O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé">O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Biblia_en_pasta" title="La Biblia en pasta">La Biblia en pasta</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angel%27s_Egg" title="Angel's Egg">Angel's Egg</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stowaways_on_the_Ark" title="Stowaways on the Ark">Stowaways on the Ark</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genesis:_The_Creation_and_the_Flood" title="Genesis: The Creation and the Flood">Genesis: The Creation and the Flood</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah_(1998_film)" title="Noah (1998 film)">Noah</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fantasia_2000" title="Fantasia 2000">Fantasia 2000</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Raining_Cats_and_Frogs" title="Raining Cats and Frogs">Raining Cats and Frogs</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(2007_film)" title="Noah's Ark (2007 film)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evan_Almighty" title="Evan Almighty">Evan Almighty</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/40_Days_and_Nights" title="40 Days and Nights">40 Days and Nights</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah_(2014_film)" title="Noah (2014 film)">Noah</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ooops!_Noah_Is_Gone..." title="Ooops! Noah Is Gone...">Ooops! Noah Is Gone...</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(2024_film)" title="Noah's Ark (2024 film)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (2024)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ark_and_the_Aardvark" title="The Ark and the Aardvark">The Ark and the Aardvark</a></i> (TBA)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flowering_Peach" title="The Flowering Peach">The Flowering Peach</a></i> (1954 play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Two_by_Two_(musical)" title="Two by Two (musical)">Two by Two</a></i> (1970 musical)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Opera</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Il_diluvio_universale" title="Il diluvio universale">Il diluvio universale</a></i> (1830)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_D%C3%A9luge_(Saint-Sa%C3%ABns)" title="Le Déluge (Saint-Saëns)">Le Déluge</a></i> (1875)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No%C3%A9_(opera)" title="Noé (opera)">Noé</a></i> (1885)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noye%27s_Fludde" title="Noye's Fludde">Noye's Fludde</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flood_(Stravinsky)" title="The Flood (Stravinsky)">The Flood</a></i> (1962)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Paintings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Scenes_from_the_Life_of_Noah" title="Scenes from the Life of Noah">Scenes from the Life of Noah</a></i> (1436-1440)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(Poulakis)" title="Noah's Ark (Poulakis)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (17th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Dove_to_the_Ark" title="The Return of the Dove to the Ark">The Return of the Dove to the Ark</a></i> (1851)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/After_the_Deluge_(painting)" title="After the Deluge (painting)">After the Deluge</a></i> (1891)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_(Lebrun)" title="Genesis (Lebrun)">Genesis</a></i> (1960)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Die_Sintflut" title="Die Sintflut">Die Sintflut</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Unicorn_(song)" title="The Unicorn (song)">The Unicorn</a>" (1968)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Captain_Noah_and_His_Floating_Zoo" title="Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo">Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo</a>" (1970)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Prophet%27s_Song" title="The Prophet's Song">The Prophet's Song</a>" (1975)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Animals_(Kevin_Ayers_song)" title="Animals (Kevin Ayers song)">Animals</a>" (1980)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Forever_Not_Yours" title="Forever Not Yours">Forever Not Yours</a>" (2002)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(video_game)" title="Noah's Ark (video game)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_3D_Noah%27s_Ark" title="Super 3D Noah's Ark">Super 3D Noah's Ark</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i>Noah's Ark</i> (2002)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Moon_in_the_Cloud" title="The Moon in the Cloud">The Moon in the Cloud</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(Spier_book)" title="Noah's Ark (Spier book)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Not_Wanted_on_the_Voyage" title="Not Wanted on the Voyage">Not Wanted on the Voyage</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Brother" class="mw-redirect" title="Noah's Brother">Noah's Brother</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Many_Waters" title="Many Waters">Many Waters</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(Pinkney_book)" title="Noah's Ark (Pinkney book)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Not_the_End_of_the_World_(McCaughrean_novel)" title="Not the End of the World (McCaughrean novel)">Not the End of the World</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ararat_(novel)" title="Ararat (novel)">Ararat</a></i> (2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other cultures</th><td 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