"The miller decided that cats were no use and he never bought another one. But he didn't know that the great tabby, still alive and much more contented than he'd ever been, was living with the mice on the very top floor of the mill, eating all the best tidbits that could find for him int he larder and playing endless games of cat and mouse."
Blurb: The grumpy miller is having mouse trouble, so he buys himself a large tabby cat. Fortunately for the mice, the cat is too unfit to catch even a single mouse. But when the miller loses his temper and threatens to drown the poor tabby, the mice decide they must intervene, as they have grown surprisingly fond of him.
Mouse Trouble was first published in 1972 but good news - there are new editions available.
If you are visiting England, Quentin Blake has just opened (June 2026) a new Museum - The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. The centre features three exhibition galleries: one that is dedicated to Blake's work, and two other spaces with rotated exhibitions. There is also a public illustration library that holds more than 1,000 books, graphic novels, and zines.
John Yeoman (1934-2024) and Quentin Blake are a perfect combination of author and illustrator. Here are just a few of their collaborations:
Here is a partial book list of picture books:
1969 The Bears’ Winter House
1970 The Bears’ Water Picnic
1972 Mouse Trouble
1974 Beatrice and Vanessa
1977 The Young Performing Horse
1979 The Wild Washerwomen
1982 Rumbelow’s Dance
1988 Our Village
1995 Mr Nodd’s Ark
1998 Up with Birds!
1999 The Heron and the Crane
John and Quentin worked together on more than 30 books, from 'A Drink of Water' (1960) right up to their most recent picture book, 'Meet the Family', published in 2022. The two first met at Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar School in the 1940s, and remained close friends
I previously talked about Sixes and Sevens and The Bear's Winter House.
Companion book (this is old and long out of print but it could be in your school library):
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