The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse
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  • Published: 17 November 2020
  • ISBN: 9781786144577
  • Imprint: Audiobooks
  • Format: Audio CD
  • RRP: $19.99

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

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Hardback
10 Oct 2019
EBook
10 Oct 2019
EBook
10 Oct 2019
Audiobook
12 Nov 2020
Hardback
1 Dec 2024
Audio CD
17 Nov 2020
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A reminder of what truly matters, as told through the adventures of four beloved friends. Based on Charlie's daily Instagram. For fans of Winnie-the-pooh's Little Book of Wisdom.


Discover the very special book that has captured the hearts of millions of readers all over the world.

'Feeling a little blue? Meet the new Winnie the Pooh.' The Daily Mail
'A wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human heart' Richard Curtis

A book of hope for uncertain times.
Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons.

The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online - perhaps you've seen them? They've also been recreated by children in schools and hung on hospital walls. They sometimes even appear on lamp posts and on cafe and bookshop windows. Perhaps you saw the boy and mole on the Comic Relief T-shirt, Love Wins?

Here, you will find them together in this book of Charlie's most-loved drawings, adventuring into The Wild and exploring the universal thoughts and feelings that unite us all.
  • Published: 17 November 2020
  • ISBN: 9781786144577
  • Imprint: Audiobooks
  • Format: Audio CD
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the author

Charlie Mackesy

British artist, illustrator and author Charlie Mackesy began his career as a cartoonist for The Spectator, before becoming a book illustrator for Oxford University Press. His award-winning work has featured in books, private collections, galleries and public spaces around the world. He worked with Richard Curtis on the set of Love Actually to create a set of drawings to be auctioned for Comic Relief, and with Nelson Mandela on a lithograph project, The Unity Series. His internationally bestselling book, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse, was published in October 2019.

Charlie's words and illustrations have brought comfort to many and have been shared online around the world as well as on t-shirts for Comic Relief, magazine covers, street lamp posts, school classrooms, cafés, women's safe houses, prisons, hospital wards and as NHS hospital computer screensavers.

Away from art Charlie co-runs Mama Buci, a honey social enterprise in Zambia. He lives in London with his dog Barney.

portrait photo of Charlie Mackesy

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Charlie Mackesy describes the inspiration behind his new book THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE. A reminder of the most important things in life. This is a book of hope for uncertain times.