The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Four travellers, a curious boy, a mole with an appetite, a cautious fox and a steady old horse, cross difficult ground together and talk, and that is very nearly the whole book. Charlie Mackesy tells it through roughly a hundred colour and black-and-white drawings with handwritten lines running between them, so it can be read straight through or opened anywhere at all. The conversations circle vulnerability, kindness, asking for help and staying when leaving would be easier. An animated short film based on it won an Academy Award, which has carried the four characters to people who had never opened the book. What arrives with this copy: • Around one hundred colour and monochrome illustrations • Handwritten text paired with ink and watercolour artwork • A modern fable written for adults and children equally • Basis for an animated short that took an Academy Award A frequent gift for hard seasons and a favourite among illustration collectors, this title is available at Boipoka.