Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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 and 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 new edition, published on the 70th anniversary of the book and on the 80th anniversary of Faber and Faber, contains original colour illustrations by the award-winning illustrator of ""The Gruffalo"", Axel Scheffler.
Reviews
I liked the poem about the Jellicle cats best.
Professor Iguana Quagmire 07.08.2021
I can read the poems every day!
Countess Hopscotch Sofa 26.04.2021
I previously learned a poem from this book, read the entire thing later and found that it was a pretty good book. It has some funny things in it.
Constable Raccoon Taramasalata 29.09.2020
I liked it and it explains a lot about what cats do and what they get up to
Grandmaster Banana Jellybaby 08.09.2020
This is beautiful poetry
Empress Rapunzel Unicycle 24.08.2020
If you’re into poems it’s a 5/5 but if you’re not 3/5. I enjoyed it a bit. I liked it more when someone read it to me.
Anonymous 22.08.2020
I like this book because it has cats in it
Fairy Aspidistra Waterfall 17.08.2020
I love this book because it is full of poems that you can sing or say. My favourite poem is "Cat Morgan introduces himself". I would recommend this book to everyone. Nurse Rapunzel Bumblebee
Nurse Rapunzel Bumblebee 04.08.2020
These poems are so funny! My favourite one is the mystery cat because I danced to it once when I was doing dance lessons.
Anonymous 15.07.2020
It was ok
Anonymous 06.08.2018
