Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Author(s): T. S. Eliot
Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad. Meet magical Mr Mistoffelees, sleepy Old Deuteronomy and curious Rum Tum Tugger. But you'll be lucky to meet Macavity because Macavity's not there! In 1925 T.S. Eliot became co-director of Faber Faber, who remain his publishers to this day. Throughout the 1930s he composed the now famous poems about Macavity, Old Deuteronomy, Mr Mistoffelees and many other cats, under the name of 'Old Possum'. In 1981 Eliot's poems were set to music by Andrew Lloyd Webber as Cats which went on to become the longest-running Broadway musical in history. This charming new edition contains original colour illustrations by the award-winning illustrator of The Gruffalo, Axel Scheffler.
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A stunning new edition of T. S. Eliot's beloved cat poems containing beautiful original colour illustrations by Axel Scheffler.
'If cats, witchy or not, are your child's thing don't miss the new Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. He captures the quirky soleminity of T.S.Eliot's classic in just a way to make 5+ readers fall in love with it.' Times 20101223 These classic cat poems which sum up all the different kinds of cats there can be are given a delightful new look by bestselling Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler. Scheffler's cats are cuddly creatures with expressive eyes through which the cats convey the hilarity and nonsense of T S Eliot's verses. -- Julia Eccleshare Lovereading.co.uk A lovely edition of an old favourite ... it will be enjoyed again and again. Carousel 20110311 This beautifully produced book should be introduced to every child and ought to be in every classroom for children to discover.' Scholastic: Read Me 20110419
Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) was born in St Louis, Missouri, USA. He settled in England in 1915 and published his first book of poems in 1917. Eliot received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. Axel Scheffler was born in 1957 in Hamburg, Germany. He has achieved worldwide acclaim for his children's book illustration and has created many bestsellers including the award-winning The Gruffalo. He lives in London.
General Fields
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- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : 0.407
- : 01 July 2013
- : 227mm X 187mm X 13mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : T. S. Eliot
- : Hardback
- : Main
- : Axel Scheffler
- : English
- : 821.912
- : 72
- : Illustrations