Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf

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I believe this book is suitable for children in key stage 1 and lower key stage 2. It can be used in English for reading and writing. The book can be used as a comprehension in English lessons and the children can recall the key points from the book which would help assess the children’s understanding. It can also be used to assess children understanding of previous books. The book contains some moral messages which children can also refer to. It would be excellent to use for role-playing (Drama) and exploring dialogue between characters (mini plays in groups).

Clever Polly and the stupid wolf : Storr, Catherine : Free Clever Polly and the stupid wolf : Storr, Catherine : Free

urn:oclc:863446731 Republisher_date 20150919060055 Republisher_operator [email protected] Scandate 20150915060650 Scanner scribe13.shenzhen.archive.org Scanningcenter shenzhen Worldcat (source edition)At first you think it is just going to be predictable children's stories in the vein of things like Brer Rabbit Book or Looney tunes (roadrunner for example). I thought it was ok on that level, sometimes a bit whimsical or sentimental but OK. But as I read on there was more to it. Why Don't You Just Eat Her? - The wolf keeps coming up with elaborate plans to catch Polly, from disguising himself as the postman to playing a game of 'touch wood' with her (so long as she's touching the trees she's safe.) One wonders why he didn't merely grab her and eat her. Oh, rhymes,' said the wolf scornfully. 'Yes, if that's all you want. It jingles along if that satisfies you. No, I meant it doesn't make you go all funny inside like real poetry does. It doesn't bring tears to your eyes and make you feel you understand life for the first time, like proper poetry.' Written in 1955 by English author Catherine Storr, Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf is a collection of short children's stories focusing on the adventures of a bright young girl named Polly and a dim-witted wolf with his heart set on eating her. Most of the stories follow a similar formula: The Wolf, inspired by a fairy story or folk tale, will hatch an overly complicated plan to catch Polly. Inevitably, Polly will already be familiar with the story and foil The Wolf's plan through the use of logic and by reminding him that they don't live in a storybook.

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urn:lcp:cleverpollystup00stor:epub:88d809ec-85f4-4d9c-b74a-234064c46cdc Foldoutcount 0 Identifier cleverpollystup00stor Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t54f5f588 Invoice 1213 Isbn 0571180116 Aww, Look! They Really Do Like Each Other: Despite The Wolf's desire to kill and eat Polly, she doesn't seem to mind having him around. In "The Wolf in the Zoo", she even helps him to escape captivity despite the fact that he tells her he "might or might not" try to kill her again the moment he gets out. Catherine Storr, Baroness Balogh (born Catherine Cole; 21 July 1913 – 8 January 2001, [1]) was an English children's writer, best known for her novel Marianne Dreams and for a series of books about a wolf ineptly pursuing a young girl, beginning with Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf. She also wrote under the name Helen Lourie. [2] Life [ edit ] There were three sequels in the same format: Polly and the Wolf Again, Tales of Polly and the Hungry Wolf and Last Stories of Polly and the Wolf. a b Eccleshare (2005) gives the date of her death as 8 January; Eccleshare (2001) and Thwaite (2001) give it as 6 January.Storr (1970), 36 "I wrote them to amuse Polly — not that I told them to her. She read them when I had written them, because she was one of the children who always had a wolf under the bed and she was frightened of it."