Charlie Mackesy was born during a snowy winter in Northumberland. He has been a cartoonist for The Spectator and a book illustrator for Oxford University Press. He has collaborated with Richard Curtis for Comic Relief, and Nelson Mandela on a lithograph project, "The Unity Series." He has lived and painted in South Africa, Southern Africa and New Orleans, and co-runs a social enterprise, Mama Buci, in Zambia, which helps families of low and no income to become beekeepers. He lives in London but is often in Suffolk. Visit him at charliemackesy.com
A wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human
heart--Richard Curtis
Love, friendship, and kindness--this book speaks a universal
language.--Bear Grylls
Simply, the world need's Charlie's work right now.--Miranda
Hart
"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
"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
"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 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
"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
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