{"product_id":"the-complete-polly-and-the-wolf-hardcover","title":"The Complete Polly and the Wolf - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Storr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarjorie Ann Watts\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eJill Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Catherine Storr's daughter was very small, she was afraid of the wolf under her bed, so every night her mother would tell her a story in which Polly outwitted the wolf. These bedtime stories eventually became the collection \u003ci\u003eClever Polly and the Stupid Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e, a wonderfully thrilling and reassuring series of adventures in which the clever, independent, and unstoppable Polly fools the persistent, hungry young wolf time and again. In a match much like Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner but more polite and quick-witted, Polly and the wolf develop ever-more complicated ways of turning the tables on each other as they grow older and, in Polly's case at least, wiser. Three more collections of stories followed the original \u003ci\u003eClever Polly\u003c\/i\u003e, all hilariously inventive variations on a much loved theme, and all of the stories are collected here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Storr\u003c\/b\u003e (1913-2001) was born Catherine Cole and brought up in Kensington, London. A talented organist, she studied with Gustav Holst at St Paul's Girls' School. She graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge, with a degree in English literature and went on to study medicine. She began practicing as a psychiatrist in 1944 and worked at Middlesex Hospital in the 1950s and '60s before becoming an editor at Penguin in 1966. She published her first book, \u003ci\u003eIngeborg and Ruthy\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1940, and married Anthony Storr, a fellow psychiatrist, in 1942. They had three daughters: Sophia, Emma, and Polly--for whom she wrote \u003ci\u003ePolly and the Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e and its sequels. In addition to her stories about Polly and the Wolf, she went on to write some one hundred books for young readers and adults, including \u003ci\u003eMarianne Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarianne and Mark\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLucy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTales from a Psychiatrist's Couch\u003c\/i\u003e. About her work, she once remarked, \"I don't write with a child readership in mind, I write for the childish side of myself.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMarjorie Ann Watts\u003c\/b\u003e is the daughter of \u003ci\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e cartoonist Arthur Watts. After training as a painter and illustrator in the 1940s, she worked for a time as an art editor and typographer before embarking on a career writing and illustrating books for children. In addition to her stories for young people, she has also published a novel, a story collection, a memoir of her childhood in wartime London, and a children's guide to European painting.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47398494077106,"sku":"9781681370019","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d634b1c2eeea678a031fefaa6e22c526.webp?v=1778053268","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-complete-polly-and-the-wolf-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}