Skimbleshanks by T S Eliot

Skimbleshanks by T S Eliot

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We must find him or the train can't start! Featuring Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat, this picture book is set on the Night Mail train where Skimble won't let anything go wrong.

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Skimbleshanks by T S Eliot

A wonderful new picture book version of one of T. S. Eliot's most popular cat poems from a timeless magical partnership. We must find him or the train can't start! All aboard as Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat, stars in the third picture-book pairing from Arthur Robins and T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's cats, set on the Night Mail train where Skimble won't let anything go wrong. To sit alongside other classics such as The Gruffalo, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, and Spot. 'Beautifully illustrated to bring the poem to life.' Independent 'A fabulous way to introduce young readers to poetry.' Huffington Post

Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He came 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.

Arthur Robins is a renowned cartoonist and illustrator of over fifty books, including Little Rabbit Foo Foo.

SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780571324835
ISBN 10 0571324835
Title Skimbleshanks
Author T S Eliot
Series Old Possum's Cats
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2015-11-05
Number of pages 32
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.