The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy

#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER · #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

This special fifth anniversary edition is bound in midnight blue cloth, with a sky blue ribbon marker and gold gilded page edges. Inside Charlie Mackesy includes an exclusive new message and two brand new artworks.

A book for all ages, a book for all time, treasured by millions.

Thank you to everyone to whom this book has meant so much.
It's meant the world to me. Love Charlie x

Follow the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes difficult terrain, sharing their greatest fears and biggest discoveries about vulnerability, kindness, hope, friendship and love. Charlie Mackesy’s The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse was adapted into the BAFTA and Academy Award®winning animated short film.

“A wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human heart.” Richard Curtis

You will not be able to buy a more beautiful book for Christmas for somebody you love

Wise words
Charlie Mackesy's mesmerizing debut combines the simplicity of 'The Giving Tree', magic of 'The Velveteen Rabbit' and the curiosity of 'Paddington' * The New York Times *

Simply, the world needs Charlie's work right now

Love, friendship and kindness - this book speaks a universal language.
Pure Joy * London Evening Standard *
The world that I am required to inhabit is this one. But the world that I long to inhabit is the one that Charlie Mackesy has created.

British artist, illustrator and author Charlie Mackesy began his career as a cartoonist, before becoming a book illustrator for Oxford University Press. His award-winning work has been featured in books, galleries, school classrooms, hospital wards, prisons and public spaces around the world. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse was published in October 2019 and has now reached over 10 million readers around the world. It holds the record for the most consecutive weeks in the Sunday Times Non-Fiction Chart across all formats, as well as being the longest running Non-Fiction number one of all time. A number one New York Times bestseller, it is has also remained on the NYT list since publication. Charlie's beloved book is the first ever book to be awarded both the Waterstones Book of the Year and Barnes and Noble Book of the Year, and has been translated into over 50 languages. In 2023, Charlie co-wrote and directed the short animated film adaption, which won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film, the Academy Award for Best Animated Short film and five Annie Awards including Best Special Production. Charlie worked with Richard Curtis on the set of ‘Love Actually’ to create a set of drawings for Comic Relief, and with Nelson Mandela on a lithograph project, The Unity Series. His bronzes can be found in public spaces in London, including Highgate Cemetery and the Brompton Road. Away from art, Charlie co-runs Mama Buci, a honey social enterprise in Zambia that helps families of low and no income become beekeepers. He lives between Brixton and Suffolk.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781529951257
ISBN 10	1529951259
Title	The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse
Author	Charlie Mackesy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Ebury Publishing
Year published	2024-11-21
Number of pages	128
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.