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  • Bibliography:
    52 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1987
  • Latest Book:
    October 2020
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Full Series List in Order

Rumblewick Diaries

My Unwilling Witch Flies High (Jan-2008)
My Unwilling Witch Gets a Makeover (Jan-2008)
My Unwilling Witch Skates on Thin Ice (Mar-2008)
My Unwilling Witch Starts a Fun Park (Mar-2008)

Rumblewick's Diary

1 - My Unwilling Witch Goes to Ballet School (May-2009)
2 - My Unwilling Witch Sleeps Over (Aug-2009)
3 - My Unwilling Witch Starts a Girl Band (Nov-2009)

Book List in Order: 52 titles






  • Ruby's parents think she's precious. So precious, they want her to be wrapped in cotton wool and to grow up to marry a prince. But Ruby has other ideas and decides that only by becoming reckless can she hope to avoid this fate. The story is read by V...




  • A collection of stories, fables and new and traditional verses, all about colour. Each colour of the rainbow, and a few more (black, white, grey and brown) dominate several pages of this book, both in the stories and poems and the illustrations that ...





  • When Badger throws a party, Squirrel brings fairycakes, Owl brings streamers, Rat brings funny hats, and Bat brings an accordion, but Mole brings only himself and feels badly until his friends reassure him....





  • In a retelling of the Russian fairy tale, Too Nice is tested by the witch Baba Yaga--if Too Nice passes, she gets the witch's jeweled toad, but if she does not, the toad gets her--and her only help is a wise doll, a gift from her mother....






  • When Badger gets the blues, everyone is worried about him and tries to help, but to no avail, until Mole invites everyone to a fancy awards ceremony where Badger wins for "most loved no matter what his mood."...




  • Littlest Mole's family laughs at him and makes him wear a blindfold when he says he sees the moon in the stream at night, but eventually they find out the advantages of knowing someone who can see things in the dark that no one else does...



  • Dog was a dog and that's what everyone called him-Dog. Just . . . Dog. But Dog is sure he deserves a more exciting name, and he sets out to prove it, much to the amusement of a cat named Midnight. In this warm and reassuring story, Dog reminds us all...




  • Little Giant had an invisible enemy. "Call me Friend!" it whispered, but Little Giant already called him Jabber-Jabber. He called Little Giant useless -- too small for this, too timid for that. But Little Giant doesn't give in and sets out on a peril...



  • The headstrong heroine of this charming picture book is completely fed up. She's not allowed to wear anything but fussy, frilly princess dresses; she's not allowed to leave the castle grounds; and she's never, never allowed to eat sweets. So Princess...



  • Young children will love following Alex and Will's antics as they spend a gloriously riotous afternoon getting up to mischief: duvet-surfing down the stairs, mixing ghoul-warding-off portions and much much more......









  • Gerda decides that she wants to fly to the moon, but after peeking into a telescope and seeing how cold and bleak the moon appears, she decides to stay right on earth and let other silly geese fly into space....





  • Princess Chamomile's new interest in gardening perplexes the king, queen, and Nanny Nettle, but they soon give in to her wishes, and with the help of Melchior the gardener, Chamomile soon has a garden of her very own to tend to....



  • Just because you are born at the bottom of the pond, is there any reason to stay there if you don't want to? This story of how Boris the Beetle gets from the bottom to the top is a witty tale of aspiration and social freedom....







  • Katie and Harry are twins who wish it were their birthday every time a party invitation comes along. Despite their disappointment, they have a megasauric time at Tim's dinosaur party, a wonderfully wild time at Nicola's picnic in the park, a silly...



  • Big Bear has big news for Baby Bear -- she has taken a job at the bakery. Baby Bear must stay with Mrs. Hogg, and take a bag of toys with her. Baby Bear doesn’t like it very much, because Mrs. Hogg is too tidy and doesn’t appreciate important th...



  • Everything about Mr Big is big. And ordinary pens just won’t do; every time he tries to write, Mr Big’s ordinary sized pens break. So Mr Big drives to the shop in his big car to buy a big pen. But size is not the only suprising thing about Mr ...



  • Take a resolute rubber duck and a rosy-cheeked ragdoll. Add a mischievous monkey and stir with a dancing stick. Season with a singing bee and fold in a magic fiddle. Then leave to rise in a world of fairy tales ... and what do you get? A delicious co...






  • Narnia:

    a world made by magic from the start of time,full of marvelous creatures, talking beasts,and trees that sometimes get up and dance.

    And now the door to this magical world is opened again with a brand-ne...



  • Poor Isabel! It’s hard to play with Claudia because Claudia simply will not share any of her toys: not the rocking horse, not the carrot-topped doll, not the shiny new tricycle. All Claudia can do is shriek "Mine!” Even a trip to the park, meant...





  • Once there were two good friends, Tom and Tansy, who wondered if wishing comes true. So they wished very hard, and guess what happened? Nothing! But when Mr. Grimpalong arrives with his cart of supplies, Tom and Tansy r...



  • Now HAGGY AGGY wants to FLY HIGH like the trapeze artist in the circus. I've told her she can - on a BROOMSTICK where she belongs - but does she listen to her faithful Familiar? NO SHE DOES NOT! HELP!...



  • Witty Rumblewick the cat is back, writing about even more hilarious hijinx with his unwilling witch in Book 4 of the series. Rumblewick is Haggy Aggy's right-hand cat, contractually bound to shape her into the best witch she can be. The problem? Hagg...





  • Emily loves Christmas but there is something about it that makes her heart sink, and that something is Santa Claus. Emily wants to block up the chimney to prevent Santa entering the house. But her mom inspires her to find another solution. Eventuall...



  • Rumblewick is a highly qualified right hand cat to the most unwilling witch in the kingdom. He's contractually bound to shape her into the most well-rounded, disgustingly terrible witch she can be, but unfortunately, Haggy would much rather be a norm...






  • Rumblewick is a highly qualified right hand cat to the most unwilling witch in the kingdom. He's contractually bound to shape her into the most well-rounded, disgustingly terrible witch she can be, but unfortunately, Haggy would much rather be a norm...



  • Witty Rumblewick the cat is back, writing about even more hilarious hijinx with his unwilling witch in Book 3 of the series. Rumblewick is Haggy Aggy's right-hand cat, contractually bound to shape her into the best witch she can be. The problem? Hagg...



  • Meet Rumblewick! He's a witch's cat with one big problem - his witch, Haggy Aggy, doesn't want to be a witch any more. She wants to be a regular girl & do regular girl things. In this picture book, Haggy Aggy does the unthinkable & decides that drago...



  • Grace and her dog, Fred, do everything together. Fred is mine, thinks Grace. My friend Fred. Grace's sister, Sarah, who has lots of friends, tells Grace that Fred is the family dog, not just her dog. One day when Sarah's friends come over she invites...



  • A young boy takes an imaginative climb into an attic of infinite possibilities in this ode to a child's fantasy world from the team behind "A Boy Wants a Dinosaur"A small boy, bored with all his toys, suddenly notices a trapdoor in the ceiling that c...



  • Gorgeous, whimsicle illustrations accompany a moving story that teaches children the importance of cultivating imagination and finding their own joy

    Ned is grumpy every day except for Friday, -- that is the day when his Joybaloo co...



  • 'The Totally Terrifying Three' tells the story of a dragon, a witch and a giant who all thought they were totally terrifying until they met a toddler who showed them that they were not so scary after all....



  • A little fiend who’s too good for his own good befriends an angel who is too naughty -- and together they concoct a clever plan. Daddy and Mommy Fiend want their little Filbert to be gruesome and ghastly, but he won’t trample or terrify, roar ...



  • A wildly eccentric adventure with fun rhymes, and out-of-this-world illustrationsBeetle and Bug decide to hunt for something that's never been seen--the Green-Spotted Grissel They board their magic rug and fly off fearlessly in search of it. But wil...







  • A poignant tale about a game gone awry shows that in the face of greed and reckless destruction, one thoughtful person can make a big difference. Snowboy is busy saving the Polar Bear King when Greenbackboy approaches him with an idea for a game c...



  • Take a trip into the fantastical world of the imagination in this lavishly illustrated gift book.

    Enter the elaborate “found” notebooks of the formerly fact-bound professor Dawn Gable and follow her on nine nightly journeys to extraordinar...



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Hiawyn Oram has published 52 books.

Hiawyn Oram does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Lost in the Imagination, was published in October 2020.

The first book by Hiawyn Oram, Just Like Us, was published in June 1987.

Yes. Hiawyn Oram has 2 series.