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Book

Old Possum's book of practical cats

Author

T S Eliot

Call Number

  • J 811 ELIO (CEN)

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Edition

1st American ed.

Publication Information

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

Physical Description

64 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Summary

T. S. Eliot's playful cat poems were originally composed for his godchildren, with Eliot posing as Old Possum himself, and later inspired the legendary musical "Cats." Now with vibrant illustrations by the award-winning Axel Scheffler.

Contents

  • The naming of cats
  • The old Gumbie Cat
  • Growltiger's last stand
  • The Rum Tum Tugger
  • The song of the Jellicles
  • Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
  • Old Deuteronomy
  • The Pekes and the Pollicles
  • Mr. Mistoffelees
  • Macavity: the mystery cat
  • Gus: the theatre cat
  • Bustopher Jones: the cat about town
  • Skimbleshanks: the railway cat
  • The ad-dressing of cats
  • Cat Morgan introduces himself.

Subjects

Added Authors

Axel Scheffler