OAKLEY, Graham.

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Original artwork for Humphrey Hits the Jackpot: "They Examined the Ticket and a Hush Fell Over Them". Published in Humphrey Hits the Jackpot (Hodder Children's Books, 1998) on page 5 as a full-page illustration. The story tells of Sampson and the church mice who find a lottery ticket which Humphrey the schoolmouse claims as his own.Graham Oakley (1929-2022) wrote and illustrated the Church Mice series of picture books (1970-2000) featuring Arthur the mouse, Sampson the ginger cat, and Humphrey the schoolmouse.

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