A stunning new edition of T. S. Eliot's beloved cat poems Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats,containing beautiful original colour illustrations by Axel Scheffler.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.'If cats,witchy or not,are your child's thing don't miss the new Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.'The Times'A lovely edition of an old favourite...it will be enjoyed again and again.'Carousel'Classic cat poems...are given a delightful new look.'LoveReading4Kids
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Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571302284Number of pages: 72Weight: 404 gDimensions: 229 x 188 x 14 mmEdition: Main
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'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
T. S. Eliot
One of the giants of the Modernist movement and the winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize for Literature,T.S. Eliot was an acclaimed American-British poet,literary critic,essayist and dramatist,best known for his works The Waste Land (1922) and Four Quartets (1945).
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Axel Scheffler is a book illustrator best known for creating artwork for children's books,particularly The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child written by Julia Donaldson. Axel and Julia have now collaborated together for over 20 years and remain one of the most creative partnerships in the Children's books world,drawing comparisons to Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake.
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