Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
ISBN: 9780571311866
Publication Date: 1 May 2014

This edition of the classic poetry collection that inspired the musical, Cats!, has lively illustations by Rebecca Ashdown.

The cat himself knows and will never confess...

To celebrate Old Posum's 74th anniversary we have commissioned lively new illustrations from Rebecca Ashdown for T.S. Eliot's original book of Practical Cats. Featuring Macavity, the Mystery Cat; Mr Mistofelees, the Original Conjuring Cat; Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer and all the gang, this is a must for every child's bookshelf and is a great companion to the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage show.

About the Author

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.