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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Illustrated philosophy book

AuthorCharlie Mackesy
IllustratorCharlie Mackesy
Cover&#;artistCharlie Mackesy
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's book
PublisherEbury Publishing (UK)
HarperOne (US)

Publication date

10 October (UK)
22 October (US)
Publication placeEngland
Media&#;typePrint (hardcover)
Pages (unpaginated)
ISBN
(UK hardcover 1st ed.)
OCLC

Dewey Decimal

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LC&#;ClassPNM35 B69

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a illustrated book by Charlie Mackesy.

It follows the developing friendship between the four titular protagonists.

Reception

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse became a bestseller.[1][2] It has been reviewed by James Lovegrove, in the Financial Times, and was included in his best picture book list.[3]

It was shortlisted for the British Book Awards Non-Fiction Lifestyle Book of the Year,[4] is the Barnes & Noble Book of the Year,[5] and won the Waterstones Book of the Year.[6]

Animated adaptation

Main article: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (film)

In October , it was announced that the book was being adapted as an animated short film, directed by Peter Baynton and Mackesy, story adapted by Jon Croker and Mackesy, co-produced by Cara Speller, J.

J. Abrams, and Hannah Minghella. The film was co-executive produced by Woody Harrelson with Jude Coward Nicoll voicing the boy, Tom Hollander as the mole, Idris Elba as the fox, and Gabriel Byrne as the horse. Isobel Waller-Bridge composed the short's soundtrack.

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The short aired on BBC One and streamed on iPlayer on 24 December [7] Additionally it premiered on Apple TV+ as an Apple Original Film on 25 December outside the United Kingdom.[8][9] The film won the Best Animated Short Film Academy Award on 12 March

In popular culture

In the BBC made a documentary about Mackesy, the book, and the making of the film, titled "Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me".

It featured contributions from Bear Grylls, a childhood friend of Mackesy.[10]

References

  1. ^Nora Krug (16 January ). "How a surprise bestseller about kindness and vulnerability is bringing people together". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 November
  2. ^Mary Cadden (5 December ).

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    "'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse' is the Barnes & Noble book of the year". USA Today. Retrieved 20 November

  3. ^James Lovegrove (22 November ). "Best books of Picture books". Financial Times.

    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse He made his directorial debut with Yardie Elba credits The Stage with giving him his first big break. After seeing an advertisement for a play, he auditioned and subsequently met his first agent while performing in the role. In , he landed his first significant role on a series called Bramwell , a medical drama set in s England. In an episode of series 1, he played a central character, an African petty thief named Charlie Carter, who lost his wife to childbirth and had to figure out how to support his newborn daughter.

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  4. ^"The British Book Awards Winners: Non-Fiction Lifestyle Book of the Year Shortlist". . Waterstones. Archived from the original on 16 November Retrieved 20 November
  5. ^"'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse' Named B&N Book of the Year".

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    Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 6 December Retrieved 20 November

  6. ^"'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse' named Waterstones book of the year, Thunberg named author of the year". . Books+Publishing.

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    11. 2 December Retrieved 20 November

  11. ^"BBC unveils Christmas idents with The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse". Radio Times. Retrieved
  12. ^"The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse coming to BBC One and iPlayer this Christmas". BBC Media Centre. 30 June Retrieved 30 June
  13. ^Tangcay, Jazz (October 10, ).

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    17. "Apple Lands J.J. Abrams-Produced Animated Short 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,' Starring Idris Elba (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 13,

  17. ^"BBC Two - Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me".

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