The Foxbury Force

The Foxbury Force #1

by Graham Oakley

After many months of practice in chasing and catching burglars, the members of the Foxbury Constabulary suddenly find themselves in the midst of a real robbery and the chase is on

Genres: Picture Books, Adventure, Childrens, Animals

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 25, 1994

About the author

Graham Oakley is a children's book author and illustrator, most active during the 1960s to 1980s. He is best known for the Church Mice series and also illustrated many book covers in the 60s.

For the current UK author of children's books at Top That! press see Graham Oakley.

Reviews

[Jasmine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Graham Oakley is the best.

[Dianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun story about a sleepy town where cops-and-robbers is played each week to keep the constables in practice. This reminded me a lot of Richard Scarry's Peasant Pig and the Terrible Dragon, especially the part with the armor.

[Joanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Constables and burglers and bandits, oh my!

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this book we meet the Foxbury Force, a group of fox police who keep the peace (or not) in the town of Foxbury. If you are familiar with Graham Oakley's church mice books, you will have a pretty good idea of what to expect: a group of foxes trying to bring law and order to the town of Foxbury with good intentions, chaos and much unintentional on the part of the foxes humour. While I don't like these as much as the church mice books, they still offer the combination of good humour and detailed illustrations that readers have come to love.

[LJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Set in a world where everyone is a fox rather than a human, this is the story of an affable but incompetent police force whose regular catch a burglar practice turns into the real thing. As you would expect from Oakley, the pages are filled with witty, beautiful drawings.

[Anu Korpinen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Suomenkieliseltä nimeltään Kettukallion poliisi ja murtovarkaat. Hurjan hauska kirja, tosi nätit kuvat täynnä hupaisia yksityiskohtia.

[Nathalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed both the story and the illustrations done by the author! Great memory of reading this story with my children! There are a lot of little gems hidden in the illustrations!

[Linden · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not sure how my mom ended up with this book, but it was probably my favorite of the picture books she read to me as a little one. I loved the pictures and the fanciful mystery. Re-reading it (I still have the same copy) remains a joy. The illustrations are very detailed and lively and match the story nicely.

If I'm perfectly honest, The Foxbury Force might just be where my love of the UK and foxes originated. It started early. Thanks, Mom.

[Ivan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love, love, love it. Great illustrations and a fanciful story.

[Marilyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Stereotypes! Ugh!