Charlie Mackesy "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" The Fifth Anniversary Signed Limited Edition w/COA [ Very Fine]

Personally signed by Charlie Mackesy. This book became an international bestseller and captured the public's imagination during the 2020 lockdowns. It was a number one New York Times bestseller and the longest running Sunday Times Non-Fiction Number One of all time.

Signed limited edition, bound in midnight blue cloth, sky blue ribbon marker, and gold gilded page edges.

Ebury Publishing 2024. Charlie Mackesy "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" The Fifth Anniversary Signed Edition Limited Edition w/COA. Signed by Charlie Mackesy into the book. This limited edition is bound in midnight blue cloth, with a sky blue ribbon marker and gold gilded page edges. Inside Charlie includes a new message and two new artworks. A book for all ages, a book for all times, treasured by millions - on its fifth anniversary.

Continuing to charm readers with its enduring wisdom and heart warming characters, this stunning fifth anniversary edition of Charlie Mackesy's The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse is an ideal gift to be treasured for years to come.

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.

• Publisher: Ebury Publishing
• ISBN: 2928377287740
• Number of pages: 128
• Weight: 540 g
• Dimensions: 218 x 174 x 24 mm

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Charlie Mackesy’s beloved The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has been adapted into an Academy Award® winning animated short film, now available to stream on Apple TV+

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER · USA TODAY BESTSELLER

“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is not only a thought-provoking, discussion-worthy story, the book itself is an object of art.”- Elizabeth Egan, The New York Times

From British illustrator, artist, and author Charlie Mackesy comes a journey for all ages that explores life’s universal lessons, featuring 100 color and black-and-white drawings.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” asked the mole.

“Kind,” said the boy.

Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book, following 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. The shared adventures and important conversations between the four friends are full of life lessons that have connected with readers of all ages.

Charlie Mackesy is famous for his book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, which became an international bestseller and captured the public's imagination during the 2020 lockdowns:

Bestseller - The book was a number one New York Times bestseller and the longest running Sunday Times Non-Fiction Number One of all time. It was also the first book to be awarded both Waterstones Book of the Year and Barnes and Noble Book of the Year in the same year.

Awards - Mackesy won the Maddox Gallery Artist of the Year award at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in 2020 and the Illustrator of the Year award at the British Book Awards in 2021. He and Matthew Freud won the Oscar for Animated Short Film in 2023 for the animated short film based on the book.

Resonance - The book resonated with readers, who found it a balm and an uplift during the pandemic. Some readers said the book helped them through difficult times, including chemotherapy treatment, suicidal thoughts, and workplace harassment.

Personal impact - Mackesy has said that the book has led to many human connections and interactions, and that he has experienced a personal change as a result.
Mackesy's work has also been exhibited widely, including at Sotheby's in London. He also co-runs Mama Buci, a honey social enterprise in Zambia.

Reviews

“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is not only a thought-provoking, discussion-worthy story, the book itself is an object of art.”
— New York Times

“The world that I long to inhabit is the one that Charlie Mackesy has created – a world of infinite kindness, wisdom, mutual care and tenderness, and true love between real friends. My prayer/hope is that our world will become more like this one.” — Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic

"I felt this book down to my core." — Hoda Kotb

"Love, friendship, and kindness--this book speaks a universal language." — Bear Grylls

"A wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human heart" — Richard Curtis

"Simply, the world need's Charlie's work right now." — Miranda Hart

“A sweet tale rendered in swirly black calligraphy and watercolor. Childlike in its simplicity, its messages are universal. . . . Mackesy has brought people together.” — The Washington Post

“A lonely boy ambles through the countryside on a spring day, finding companionship: first meeting the mole, then the other animals of the title. As they walk, the new friends talk, wonder, share their hopes and fears and pose some big questions. . . . A big hit.” — The Philadelphia Inquirer

“A delightful treat of a book. . . . If there were classes on how to be a good person, this book would be the textbook.” — Horse Nation

Charlie Mackesy

Charlie Mackesy began sharing conversations between the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse on his social media channels in early 2018. He published The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse in late 2019 and the book has since brought comfort and joy to over seven million readers worldwide.

After two years of collaborative work, in 2022, the short film adaptation of the book will be released alongside The Book of the Film.

Charlie collaborates with a number of charities, including Comic Relief—he created the iconic “Love Wins” t-shirt—as well as the NHS, Choose Love, WWF and The Samaritans. During the pandemic he donated prints, books, drew on hospital walls, and posted messages of support to NHS workers, which he continues.

Charlie began his career as a cartoonist for The Spectator and a book illustrator for Oxford University Press. He spent time in America as a portrait painter and ran art therapy workshops for Alzheimer's sufferers and Holocaust survivors. He lived and painted in South Africa, and collaborated with Nelson Mandela on a lithograph project, "The Unity Series." And worked with Richard Curtis on the set of Love Actually to create a set of drawings to be auctioned for Comic Relief. Away from art, Charlie co-runs a social enterprise, Mama Buci in Zambia. His work features in books, private collections and public spaces, including Highgate Cemetery in London, in hospitals, prisons, churches, and university colleges around the UK, and in women's safe houses around the world.

He lives in Suffolk with his dog Barney.