Pub Date: August 30, 1982
Dewey: 821.912
LCCN: 81020057
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 10 to 13
Physical Info: 0.47" H x 8.30" L x 5.85" W ( 0.40 lbs) 64 pages
BISAC Categories:
Poetry | European | English Irish Scottish Welsh | Pets | Cats | Breeds | Humor | Form | Limericks and Verse | Parodies | American | Topic | Animals | Essays and Narratives | Anthologies multiple authors | Subjects and Themes | Family
Description: The inspiration for the iconic musical Cats, T. S. Eliot's classic and delightful collection of poetry about cats, with whimsical illustrations by Edward Gorey.
Brief description:
THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He moved 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.
Review Quotes:
"Enough ferocious fancy and parody to knock the spots off most cat books." - Time
"Mr. Eliot successfully avoides the usual vices of children's books, archness and cuteness; for his cats are practical cats, cats engaged in getting something purposeful done or undone." - The Nation
"An absolutely marvelous rendition of Eliot's poetic classic, written for his godchildren and friends in the 1930s, which inspired the Broadway musical Cats." - Library Journal (starred review)
"Delightful Learish verse on very English cat characters, with flashes of superior, donnish satire." - The New Yorker