Pretty Polly

by Dick King-Smith

When she is not allowed to have a pet parrot, Abigail teaches a barnyard hen to talk

Genres: Childrens, Animals, Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Dick King-Smith was born and raised in Gloucestershire, England, surrounded by pet animals. After twenty years as a farmer, he turned to teaching and then to writing children's books.

Dick writes mostly about animals: farmyard fantasy, as he likes to call it, often about pigs, his special favorites. He enjoys writing for children, meeting the children who read his books, and knowing that they get enjoyment from what he does.

Among his well-loved books is Babe, The Gallant Pig, which was recently made into a major motion picture, and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Dick lived with his wife in a small 17th-century cottage, about three miles from the house where he was born.

Reviews

[Deity World · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another farm book this time with pretty polly who is not a parrot but a talking chicken, highly entertaining and made me laugh

[Eden · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the book because Pretty Polly talks.

[Erika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Little bit enjoyed it... funny. Audiobook

[Bec · Rating 4 out of 5]

As usual, a fantastic, fun read.

[Lauren Noel Ottwell · Rating 3 out of 5]

reading to little girls, autumn 2015

[NJ Gatehouse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another one of my favourite childhood books, about a girl who lives on a farm and asks her parents to buy her a parrot, but they don't so she teaches a chicken to talk instead!!!

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful. I read this when I was a little girl. Pretty sure it still lives in a storage crate in my parent's spare room. I loved it and re-read it more than once.

Polly rules OK!

[Kayla Cook]

Very interesting book to read if you are really bored