Doctor Dolittle's Garden

"Doctor Dolittle's Garden" (1927) is one of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books. In this book, the doctor has learned insect languages and hears ancient tales of a giant race of insects. Fascinated, Doctor Dolittle plans a voyage to find them - but before he does so, one arrives in his garden and starts a chain of incredible adventures for the doctor and his assistant Tommy Stubbins.