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Clever Polly And the Stupid Wolf

  • Imprint: Puffin

  • ISBN: 9780141360232

  • Length: 160  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 9mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 117g

  • RRP: £6.99

Clever Polly And the Stupid Wolf

CLEVER POLLY AND THE STUPID WOLF by Catherine Storr has delighted generations of young children.

Twelve stories written for the author's daughter, who was scared of the wolf under the bed! Drawing occasionally on well-known fairy tales, and skilfully blending fantasy and reality, these stories are bursting with humour, originality and charm. And Polly, not scared at all, outwits the wolf on each and every occasion!
Also in A Puffin Book, the sequel: POLLY AND THE WOLF AGAIN.

  • Imprint: Puffin

  • ISBN: 9780141360232

  • Length: 160  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 9mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 117g

  • RRP: £6.99

Reviews

  • All the wolf wants to do is eat a little girl, but he has chosen one very clever girl, and he is unfortunately one very stupid wolf! A charming, classic tale.

    Waterstones Guide for Kids' Books

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About the Author

Catherine Storr

Catherine Storr (1913-2001) was an English children's writer, best known for her novel Marianne Dreams and for the Clever Polly series. She was born in London, and attended St Paul's Girls' School, and went on to study English literature at Newnham College, Cambridge. She tried unsuccessfully to become a novelist but without giving up this ambition she studied medicine, qualifying as a doctor in 1944. She worked at the Middlesex Hospital. Afterwards, while regularly producing new children's books, she also worked as an editorial assistant for Penguin Books, from 1966 to the early seventies. She married in 1942 and in 1944 had the first of her three daughters. She divorced in 1970 and remarried the economist Lord Balogh (1905-1985).

Catherine Storr

Marjorie-Ann Watts

Catherine Storr (Author) Catherine Storr (1913-2001) was an English children's writer, best known for her novel Marianne Dreams and for the Clever Polly series. She was born in London, and attended St Paul's Girls' School, and went on to study English literature at Newnham College, Cambridge. She tried unsuccessfully to become a novelist but without giving up this ambition she studied medicine, qualifying as a doctor in 1944. She worked at the Middlesex Hospital. Afterwards, while regularly producing new children's books, she also worked as an editorial assistant for Penguin Books, from 1966 to the early seventies. She married in 1942 and in 1944 had the first of her three daughters. She divorced in 1970 and remarried the economist Lord Balogh (1905-1985).

Marjorie-Ann Watts

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