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Catherine Storr

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

July 21, 1913

Died

January 06, 2001

Genre

Children's Books

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Author Catherine Storr was educated at St. Paul's Girls' School and went on to study English at Newnham College, Cambridge. She then went to medical school and worked part-time as a Senior Medical Officer in the Department of Psychological Medicine of the Middlesex Hospital from 1950 to 1963.

Her first book was published in 1940, but was not successful. It was not until the 1950s that her books became popular. She wrote mostly children's books as well as books for adults, plays, short stories, and adapted one of her novels into an opera libretto. She published more than 30 children's books, but is best known for Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf and Marianne Dreams, which was made into a television series and a film.
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Average rating: 4.03 · 3,047 ratings · 371 reviews · 164 distinct works • Similar authors

	Marianne Dreams (The Magic Drawing Pencil, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 1,553 ratings — published 1958 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf 4.07 avg rating — 492 ratings — published 1974 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Polly and the Wolf by Catherine Storr, Marjorie Ann Watts (Illustrator), Jill Bennett (Illustrator) 4.34 avg rating — 106 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Polly and the Wolf Again 4.26 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1970 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mirror Image Ghost 3.38 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of Polly and the Hungry Wolf really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1982 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chinese Egg 3.96 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1975 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thursday 4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Stories of Polly and the Wolf by Catherine Storr, Catherine Storr 3.92 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marianne and Mark (The Magic Drawing Pencil, #2) 3.33 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1960 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Catherine Storr

Marianne and the Magic Drawing Pencil (2 books)
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4.12 avg rating — 786 ratings

Vicky (2 books)
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3.85 avg rating — 48 ratings

Lucy (2 books)
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3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings

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“Marianne was surprised, not for the first time, that one can concentrate really hard and even enjoy thinking about something which isn’t at all what one is really wanting to think about.”
― Catherine Storr, Marianne Dreams

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“What're you going to write about for English?" Vicky asked.
"They're a rotten lot of subjects. I don't want to do any of them."
"I don't mind the one on Macbeth."
"You must be crazy! It doesn't mean a thing."
"What is it?" Mrs. Stanford asked.
"About how the witches knew Macbeth was going to kill Duncan," Chris said.
"No it isn't. It's whether Macbeth would have done anything about it if he hadn't been told he was going to be king," Vicky said.
"What's the difference? They told him the future, didn't they?"
"But what's interesting is whether he'd have murdered Duncan if they hadn't said anything."
"But he did murder Duncan. He couldn't have been king without it," Chris said.
"Only did the witches make him do it by telling him first?”
― Catherine Storr, The Chinese Egg

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