Graham Oakley

Background

Oakley was born to Thomas and Flora (Madelay) Oakley in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

Education

Oakley attended the Warrington Art School in 1950.

Career

According to the 2008 Modern Classics edition of, he lives in Lyme Regis, Dorset and is "mostly retired". He served 1947-1949 in the British Army. He worked for London repertory theatre companies as a scenic artist from 1950 to 1955.

As a design assistant at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, 1955 to 1957.

At Crawford"s Advertising Agency, 1960 to 1962. At British Broadcasting Corporation-television as a set designer for films and series, 1962 to 1967.

At British Broadcasting Corporation he worked on How Green Was My Valley, Nicholas Nickleby, Treasure Island, and Softly, Softly. and the Moon - Atheneum, 1974 Spread Their Wings - Macmillan (London), 1975 Adrift - Macmillan (London), 1976 at Bay - Macmillan (London), 1978 at Christmas - Atheneum, 1980 in Action - Macmillan (London), 1982 and the Ring, 1992 Take a Break - Hodder Children"s Books, 2000.

Achievements

• He also won a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Special Citation in 1980 for the picture book Graham Oakley"s Magical Changes. The Church Mice Adrift and The Church Mice in Action were Highly Commended runners-up for the 1976 and 1982 Kate Greenaway Medals from the Library Association, recognising the year"s best children"s book illustration by a British subject.

Works

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  • The Church Mice and the Ring

    ("It was a nice day, so Humphrey" (one of the leading Chur...)

  • The church mouse

    (A lonely mouse living in a church with only a friendly, s...)

  • The Church Mice at Christmas

    (When Arthur and Humphrey decide to rally the church mice ...)

  • The CHURCH MICE AT BAY

    (Samson the church cat and all the church mice devise a ca...)

  • Die Kirchen maus ~ The Church Mouse

    (A lonely church mouse devises a plan to have the rest of ...)

  • The Church Mice Take a Break

    (Join the church mice as they become stowaways on the brin...)

  • The CHURCH MOUSE by Graham Oakley (1980-11-01)
  • The CHURCH MICE ADRIFT by Graham Oakley (1977-01-01)
  • (The Church Mouse * * ) Author: Graham Oakley Oct-2009
  • The Church Mice and the Ring by Graham Oakley (23-Sep-1994) Paperback
  • The Diary of Church Mouse (Picturemac)
  • The Church Mice and the Ring Hardcover - October 31, 1992
  • The CHURCH MICE AT BAY by Graham Oakley (1979-02-01)
  • The Church Mice in Action by Graham Oakley (1983-01-01)