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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) is a collection of whimsical light poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology, published by Faber and Faber. It serves as the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical Cats. Eliot wrote the poems in the 1930s and included them, under his assumed name "Old Possum", in letters to his ...
A review in Kirkus Reviews of A Curious Collection of Cats wrote "Capturing the spirit of each verse, Wertz turns a collection of otherwise unremarkable visual poems into a true treat for the eyes." [1] and The Horn Book Magazine wrote "Together, poet and artist convey the silliness of cats and their humans without ever being silly themselves". [2]
While he mostly focused on poetry for adults, Hughes wrote a book of poems called The Dream Keeper specifically for children. [1] Geisel at work on a drawing of the Grinch for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in 1957. Children's poetry in the mid-20th century was dominated by Theodor Geisel, otherwise known as Doctor Seuss. Dr.
A black cat resting on a fence. A black cat is a domestic cat with black fur. They may be a specific breed, or a common domestic cat of no particular or mixed breed.Most black cats have golden irises due to their high melanin pigment content.
By 1890 he was a household name, and, in acknowledgment of his expertise on cats, was elected president of the National Cat Club. Two illustrations of cats' Christmas parties in 1890 marked a new development in his style of drawing cats, as they took on more human features with Wain often doing preliminary sketches of people in public places.
A black and white cat whose gags ran in The Dandy. Krosp: Girl Genius: Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio: Emperor of All Cats. [45] Krazy Kat: Krazy Kat: George Herriman: Black cat who is in love with Ignatz the mouse. Yet Ignatz always hurles a brick at his head. [46] Kuro: Blue Exorcist: A black and white cat-sìth with horns and two tails. He can ...
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In Scotland the rain was bidden "Rain, rain, gang to Spain, And never come back again", while elsewhere various bribes were offered to make it go away. In Northumberland , for example, "When I brew, and when I bake, I'll gie you a little cake"; in Cornwall this was further specified as "You shall have a figgy cake, And a glass of brandy". [ 6 ]