The Church Mice Take a Break

by Graham Oakley

Book Overview

Join the church mice as they become stowaways on the brink of a new adventure. Things go wrong though when they find themselves stranded, alone, miles from home. The weather breaks and they almost... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340732547
• ISBN13: 9780340732540
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Not Avail
• Length: 25 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The final Church Mice book?

The Mice and Sampson hitch a ride with the Vicar when he heads off for a seaside holiday. Of course this goes horribly wrong, and they find themselves stranded. (Interestingly, the holiday is set in Graham Oakley's home town of Lyme Regis, and the shops and seafront in the pictures are real.) As usual, the story is full of wry English humour and wonderfully detailed pictures.Sadly, this could be the last of the church mice series as Mr Oakley has said he's thinking of letting them retire, but it's a good innings for mice that first appeared in print in 1972.

Final book in the Church Mice series

The Church Mice and Sampson (the Church Cat) hitch a ride with the Vicar when he heads off for a seaside holiday. Of course this goes horribly wrong, and they find themselves stranded. (Interestingly, the holiday is set in Graham Oakley's home town of Lyme Regis, and the shops and seafront are real.) As usual, this book is full of amazingly detailed pictures, and has a wickedly fun story. It's not the best of the Church Mice books, but I wouldn't have missed it. Graham Oakley said in a press interview that this would probably be the last Church Mouse book he would write, but that his next project is to bring out an edition of Beauty and the Beast illustrated with Pre-Raphaelite-style paintings.