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Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf

by Catherine Storr · 1974

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One day the front door bell rang and Polly went to open the door. And there was a great black wolf who said he had come to eat her up. But Clever Polly isn't frightened. She always thinks of something to foil the stupid wolf.

Genre
humorfantasy
Themes
childhoodwolves
Audience
childrensmiddle gradepicture books
Length
short · 152 pages

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