The Church Mice books by Graham Oakley

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wooga · 27/05/2008 22:31

I thought I'd try getting some copies for my dcs as I have fond memories of these books-and the beautiful illustrations-didn't realise they would be so hard to get hold of due to being out of print.

The original hardbacks on amazon are really expensive.

I assumed they'd be thought of as a classic and still in print-I remember the books being in our school book corner,they were my favourite-along with Olga da Polga!

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NigellaTheUndomesticGoddess · 27/05/2008 22:34

when i was about 6 i wrote a letter to graham oakley to tell him how much i loved the church mice.
he sent back a letter with a drawing of Humphrey and Arthur.
still have it in a box somewhere.

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wooga · 27/05/2008 22:58

Nigella,that's a lovely story-you lucky thing!Keep that box safe,it must be very special to you-and will be worth a lot!

Psychobabble-I have them on watch,but will be scanning around for them-found a site that sells old books!

I took it for granted that they'd still be in print!

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lucymack · 28/05/2008 14:17

you could try www.abebooks.co.uk - they have a lot of books that are out of print.

MuffinMclay · 28/05/2008 15:51

I'd forgotten all about those. Used to love them as a child.

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wooga · 03/06/2008 12:38

I managed to get a copy of 'The church mice and the moon' and my ds loves it!

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TwoIfBySea · 07/06/2008 01:42

I still have mine and read them to dts. I loved how, in each picture, there is something going on in every corner. I even called my cat Sampson but he wasn't lovely and ginger and he definitely didn't have brotherly love for mice.

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