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It's not every little girl who finds a great black wolf at her front door, saying he's going to eat her up. But clever Polly isn't frightened. She has a plan that's bound to foil the stupid wolf.
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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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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 had had three daughters. She divorced in 1970 and remarried the economist Lord Balogh (1905-1985).
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 014030312X
- ISBN 13 9780140303124
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- Number of pages96
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 92 pages. Cover wornOne day the front door bell rang and Poll y went to open the door. And there was a great black wolf who sai d he had come to eat her up. He was quite surprised when Polly sa id she didn't want to be eaten. 'Oh, yes, ' said the wolf, 'I am going to eat you. But first tell me, what is that delicious smell ?' 'Come down to the kitchen, ' said Polly, 'and I will show you. ' She led the wolf down to the kitchen. There on the table was a delicious looking pie. 'Have a slice?' said Polly. 'Now, ' said P olly, after the third helping, 'what about me?' 'Sorry, ' said th e wolf, 'I'm too full of pie. I'll come back another day to deal with you.' The wolf did come back again whenever he was hungry, b ut Polly outwits the wolf on each and every occassion! These twel ve storeis, written for the author's daughter, who was scared of the wolf under her bed, are bursting with humour, originality and charm. Seller Inventory # 2210l
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