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A series of children's modern classic novels by renowned 20th century children's writers. All the titles in this series have the A Puffin Book logo, contemporary-style covers, and child-friendly endnotes.

The Complete Adventures of Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf

Tales of Polly and the Hungry Wolf

Polly And the Wolf Again

Sword of Fire

Laughter is an Egg

Tales from Watership Down

The Whale Rider

Chinese Cinderella

45th Anniversary Edition

The Neverending Story

Watership Down

75th Anniversary Edition

Finn Family Moomintroll

120th Anniversary Edition

The Call of the Wild

Stig of the Dump

The Little Prince

The Dark is Rising

Earthsea: The First Four Books

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

A Wrinkle in Time

The Other Side of Truth

Gobbolino the Witch's Cat

70th Anniversary Edition

Charlotte's Web

60th Anniversary Edition

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

The Sisterhood

Jane Eyre

Clever Polly And 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.

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.

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).

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 skillfully 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! 
With the original illustrations by Marjorie-Ann Watts.

Clever Polly And the Stupid Wolf

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