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Graham Oakley (1) (1929–2022)

Author of The Church Mouse

For other authors named Graham Oakley, see the disambiguation page.

23+ Works 1,965 Members 28 Reviews 2 Favorited

About the Author

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Series

The Church Mice

The Foxbury Force

Works by Graham Oakley

The Church Mouse (1972) 375 copies

The Church Mice at Christmas (1980) 193 copies

The Church Mice Adrift (1976) 161 copies

The Church Mice in Action (1982) 144 copies

The Church Mice & The Moon (1974) 143 copies

The Church Mice Spread Their Wings (1975) 140 copies

The Church Cat Abroad (1973) 139 copies

The Church Mice at Bay (1976) 126 copies

The Church Mice and the Ring (1992) 102 copies

The Diary of a Church Mouse (1986) 96 copies

Magical Changes (1979) 72 copies

Hetty and Harriet (1981) 52 copies

The Foxbury Force (1994) 41 copies

Henry's Quest (1986) 39 copies

Humphrey Hits the Jackpot (1998) 34 copies

The Church Mice Take a Break (2000) 34 copies

The Church Mice Chronicles (1986) 18 copies

Once Upon a Time - a Prince's Fantastic Journey (1990) 18 copies

More Church Mice Chronicles (1990) 13 copies

The Foxbury Force and the Pirates (1995) 13 copies

The Foxbury Force and the Ghost (1998) 10 copies

The Church Mouse and The Church Cat Abroad [sound recording] told by Tom Baker 1 copy

THE CHURCH MOUSE THE CHURCH MICE SPREAD THEIR WINGS THE CHURCH MICE ADRIFT 1 copy

Associated Works

Kidnapped (1886) — Illustrator, some editions — 10,869 copies

The Castle of Fratta (1867) — Cover artist, some editions — 362 copies

The Dragon Hoard (1971) — Illustrator, some editions — 199 copies

Is Your Cat Too Fat? (1998) — Illustrator — 46 copies

The Living House (1959) — Illustrator, some editions — 25 copies

The White Dragon (1963) — Illustrator — 23 copies

Discovering the Bible (1961) — Illustrator — 20 copies

Jack of Dover (1964) — Illustrator — 6 copies

The Singing Dolphin and The Three Cavaliers: Two Plays for Children — Illustrator — 3 copies

The Water Wheel (1970) — Illustrator — 3 copies

The two sisters (1975) — Illustrator — 2 copies

The bird-catcher and the crow-peri: a story from Turkey (1968) — Illustrator — 2 copies

Rabbit and fox: a story from Canada ; and, Skillywidden (1973) — Illustrator — 1 copy

White Horizons (1975) — Illustrator — 1 copy

The Old Testament. Part 2 — Illustrator — 1 copy

Verse in action 2 — Illustrator — 1 copy

Tagged

Ambleside (12) animal fiction (12) animals (32) cat (28) cats (171) Cats--Fiction (16) children (67) children's (168) children's book (13) children's books (30) children's fiction (33) children's literature (77) Christmas (39) church (16) church mice (31) church mice series (26) churches (12) England (83) English author (35) fantasy (14) fiction (107) Graham Oakley (37) hardcover (28) Harvey's bedroom (17) humor (93) illustrated (25) illustrations (14) juvenile (16) mice (158) paperback (24) PB (15) pictorial boards (13) picture book (257) Picturemac (11) rats (13) read (18) series (18) storybook (17) V (11) YA (14)

Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1929-08-27
Date of death: 2022-12-19
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK
Places of residence: Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
Education: Warrington Art school (1950)
Occupations: Illustrator
Organizations: Royal Opera House in Covent Garden
Crawford's Advertising Agency
BBC TV
London repertory companies

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Discussions

Boy has adventure in post-nuclear-apocalypse world in Name that Book (July 2011)

Reviews

The Church Mice in Action by Graham Oakley

Adventure

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BooksInMirror | 3 other reviews | Feb 19, 2024 |

Once Upon a Time - A Prince's Fantastic Journey by Graham Oakley

What a complete delight! A really joyous journey. Fabulous illustration and funny story! So much fun you want to read it over and over! Graham Oakley is a genius! Such a great loss! We are blessed to have these wonderful stories he left us. Everyone should drop everything and go pick one up now! It’s good for what ails you!

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njcur | Jun 2, 2023 |

The Church Mice and The Moon by Graham Oakley

I think Graham Oakley is wonderful. This is my favorite of the Church Mice books. It is just hilarious! The illustration is remarkable, often commenting on the text in a laugh out loud way. I'm so sad that these are not still easily available. Graham Oakley died recently, such a great loss to the world. I'm searching out and reading again all that I can find.

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njcur | 1 other review | May 2, 2023 |

The Church Mouse (Picturemac) by Graham Oakley

Summer reading that the family left at my house. Not doing anything new, either in terms of art or story, I'm afraid.

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Enno23 | 4 other reviews | Aug 15, 2021 |

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Lists

Cats in Fiction (1)

Kidnapping -- children's/young adult fiction (2)

My Wishlist - Children's (5)

al.vick-wishlist-Children's (4)

EEK! A Mouse ::: Best Children's Books (2)

Early Picture Books (1)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (1)

al.vick-series (1)

CCE 1000 Good Books List (1)

Literature of Honor for Boys (1)

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Statistics

Works: 23
Also by: 16
Members: 1,965
Popularity: #13,083
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 28
ISBNs: 166
Languages: 11
Favorited: 2

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