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

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All of this is definitely deliberate, and does make for one of the strangest movies I have seen in a long time, even though it is based on such a well-known book. They are delightful poetry in their own right with varied use of language and phrasing and poetic devices.

S. Eliot as one of my favorite poets during my college days and despite owning a copy of this book for at least fifteen years, I'd never read these poems until today. One really likes the sequence of vignettes that accompany the muddle that the Tugger poses when he disrupts a housewife's sewing chores. S. Eliot published Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats through the publishing house Faber and Faber, where he served as an editor. The book of light verse was the basis of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats, which was first produced in London's West End in 1981 and opened on Broadway the following year. Second, I adopted a pet cat -- a little calico -- some months ago after more that 15 years without one.This is a charming book written in verse, and each chapter is dedicated to a different kind of cat with its own kind of personality. As their friendship deepened, Eliot frequently visited the Tandys and they also kept up a regular correspondence. I've read this book many times and was so amazed that someone took the poetry and made it into a Broadway play, which, of course, I also love.

C., is named after the fictional establishment mentioned in the poem "Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town". This book is a good way to introduce TS Eliot's poetry to young children as the illustrations make it more interesting and fun. A algunos les causó extrañeza que Eliot, censurado por algunos poemas, escribiese algo para niños, pero , claro, un gato tiene más de un nombre. thanks to my Mum, I know now that this collection of fun and light-hearted poems on cats inspired the famous musical Cats. Faber Members get access to live and online author events and receive regular e-newsletters with book previews, promotional offers, articles and quizzes.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn't just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a cat must have three different names. I did however change one of the words describing some Siamese cats ('Chinks') which is not a word I'd want my grandchildren to use!

The book features all the poems and is really fun to flip through and read with children, I find myself wanting my own copy. In 2019, Webber’s musical was adapted in turn by Tom Hooper into a film by the same name staring James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift.

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. It is often thought of as a book for children and when you see a child getting tucked into bed or curling up on your knee and begging for a "cat poem" you'll see why children love it so much. Occasionally he illustrates individual lines, such as the fakir who stares at Macavity when he levitates.