For Christmas this year I received a copy of this book, “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” by Charlie Mackesy. It is a wonderful little book, it seems physically more impressive because the pages are stout and much of the story is carried by the hand-drawn sketchwork from the author. The story is almost ineffable, it is both very etheric and impressively poignant. I don’t think I’ve come across another book that so playfully delivers incredibly weighty lessons. While reading this book, there were sections that reminded me of some of the key phrases in the Moulin Rouge by Baz Luhrmann, “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn, is to love and be loved in return.”

This book is a delight and a wonder, and the title doesn’t give away anything about what wonders hide amongst the pages. I will treasure this book.