Last Stories of Polly and the Wolf

Polly and Wolf

by Catherine Storr, Sally Holmes (Illustrator)

A stupid wolf decides to go to school to develop his brains so he can outsmart Polly and gobble her up.

Genres: Childrens

148 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Author Catherine Storr was educated at St. Paul's Girls' School and went on to study English at Newnham College, Cambridge. She then went to medical school and worked part-time as a Senior Medical Officer in the Department of Psychological Medicine of the Middlesex Hospital from 1950 to 1963.

Her first book was published in 1940, but was not successful. It was not until the 1950s that her books became popular. She wrote mostly children's books as well as books for adults, plays, short stories, and adapted one of her novels into an opera libretto. She published more than 30 children's books, but is best known for Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf and Marianne Dreams, which was made into a television series and a film.

Reviews

[Francesca Pashby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another perfect, humorous read-aloud.

[Arshia Zehra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just two words for it...............
"nyc stories"

[Jake Collins · Rating 2 out of 5]

After another long gap between books (ten years this time) Catherine Storr has pushed her luck a bit too far - there are glimpses of the old magic, but that's all.