Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

1939 • 56 pages

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First published in 1939, T. S. Eliot's collection of cat poems, written originally to amuse his godchildren and friends, has become one of the all-time favourites of children's literature.

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Cure and funny.

August 31, 2022

Unexpectedly simple. Quietly true. And it's all poems. By T. S. Eliot, no less. And all about cats.

December 31, 2012

Well a book is a book,
And a cat is a cat.
And calling the former the latter,
There's just no good in that!

This book is so famous,
For Eliotism.
And yet he still shames us,
With too much racism...

August 29, 2020