{"product_id":"old-possums-book-of-practical-cats-paperback","title":"Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA stunning new edition of T. S. Eliot's beloved cat poems\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, containing beautiful original colour illustrations by Axel Scheffler.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet magical Mr Mistoffelees, sleepy Old Deuteronomy and curious Rum Tum Tugger. But you'll be lucky to meet Macavity because\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMacavity's not there\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1925 T.S. Eliot became co-director of Faber \u0026amp; Faber, who remain his publishers to this day. Throughout the 1930s he composed the now famous poems about Macavity, Old Deuteronomy, Mr Mistoffelees and many other cats, under the name of 'Old Possum'. In 1981 Eliot's poems were set to music by Andrew Lloyd Webber as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e which went on to become the longest-running Broadway musical in history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'If cats, witchy or not, are your child's thing don't miss the new\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTimes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A lovely edition of an old favourite . . . it will be enjoyed again and again.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCarousel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Classic cat poems . . . are given a delightful new look.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLoveReading4Kids\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"T. S. Eliot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45641024274610,"sku":"9780571252480","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9780571252480.jpg?v=1752579854","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/old-possums-book-of-practical-cats-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}