Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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By T. S. Eliot, and and, Axel Scheffler
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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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If you like poems and you are also mad about cats this book is for you.
I love the idea of what the cats actually get up to. It would be really fun to make up your own cat.
Mungojerrie, Rumpelteazer, and the RumpusCat are firm favourites. They helped my son see the diversity in people and animals' characters and also make animal noises and expressions through how they talk and act in different situations.
I loved all these types of cats they were so funny and interesting
I like Mr Mistoffelees because he can do magic.
Very good.
