Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: with illustrations by Rebecca Ashdown: 1 (Faber Children's Classics) - Softcover

Eliot, T. S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571311865 ISBN 13: 9780571311866

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2014

Synopsis

'The cat himself knows and will never confess...'

To celebrate Old Possum's 75th 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 this title

Book Description:

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, by T. S. Eliot and now with lively illustrations by Rebecca Ashdown, in a brand new edition of the classic poetry collection that inspired the musical Cats!

About the Author:

Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He came to England in 1914 and published his first book of poems in 1917. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot died in 1965.

Rebecca Ashdown was born in Chichester. After a Masters at Central Saint Martin's, she worked for the BBC until her lifelong passion for children's books led her to start creating them. She now lives and works near Stroud with her husband and two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0571311865
• ISBN 13: 9780571311866
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Ashdown Rebecca