Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. T.S. Eliot (Hardcover)

from adpaton

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is surely due for a revival: a generation that knows all the songs to Cats but has no idea where the lyrics came from is ripe to be introduced to this charming work by the inimitable TS Eliot. The original had a rather unappealing cover design by the author him...

from AmiloFinn

My dad bought me this book for my tenth birthday. This was sometime before Andrew Lloyd Webber brought out the musical 'Cats' which is based on it. I found it fun and absorbing. I was least keen on the trouble-making cats. The cats I like best are the old, mysterious ones, the old gumbie cat, who...

from jcarroll12

I've always wanted to read the work that inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical. I enjoyed the various personalities of the cats, and I think Eliot's writing and rhyme scheme are easier to follow in an illustrated poem such as this one in contrast with "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" which ...

from brleach

What a delightful little book! These poems are meant to be read aloud, so I read them to my cat, and she seemed to enjoy them. I learned several new words - terpsichorean, prestidigitation, legerdemain. I got this book from my grandmother's library after she passed away, and it reminded me of her...

from bohemima

The expressive, creative use of language overcomes the slightly tedious thump-thump rhythms of these poems by an author who clearly knows and loves cats. A pleasant surprise from an author usually considered formidable.