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A reminder of the most important things in life. A book of hope for uncertain times. Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most poignant life lessons. Charlie's first book includes his most-loved illustrations and new ones too. The conversations of the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared thousands of times online, recreated in school art classes, hung on hospital walls and turned into tattoos. 'A wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human heart' Richard Curtis

Review: "Pure Joy" * London Evening Standard * "A wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human heart." -- Richard Curtis "Simply, the world needs Charlie's work right now." -- Miranda Hart "The world that I am required to inhabit is this one, but the world that I long to inhabit is the one that Charlie Mackesy has created." -- Elizabeth Gilbert "Love, friendship and kindness - this book speaks a universal language of the heart." -- Bear Grylls

Author Biography: Artist Charlie Mackesy 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'. His first exhibition for the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse was in London in November 2018. Charlie lives in South London with his two dogs.