About the original:

This is a brilliant and creative rendition of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy translated into Scots by Matthew Fitt.  

Discover the very special book that has captured the hearts of millions of readers all over the world. 

A book of hope for uncertain times.

Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons.

The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online - perhaps you've seen them? They've also been recreated by children in schools and hung on hospital walls. They sometimes even appear on lamp posts and on cafe and bookshop windows. Perhaps you saw the boy and mole on the Comic Relief T-shirt, Love Wins?

Here, you will find them together in this book of Charlie's most-loved drawings, adventuring into the Wild and exploring the thoughts and feelings that unite us all.

About the sequel:

'Hame isnae ayewis a place, eh no?'

‘I made a film wi some freends aboot a laddie, a mowdie, a tod and a cuddie – their journey thegither and the laddie’s search for hame. This is the buik o the film we made. I hope this buik gies ye smeddum and maks ye feel loved.’ - Charlie x

This is a brilliant and creative rendition of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy translated into Scots by Matthew Fitt.  

Discover the very special book that has captured the hearts of millions of readers all over the world. 

The BBC One film, releasing on Christmas day will adapt Charlie’s soothing drawings into full colour, giving a lovely new dimension to the story. The cast is set to include Tom Hollander as The Mole, Idris Elba as The Fox, Gabriel Byrne as The Horse and newcomer Jude Nicoll as The Boy.

Praise for The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

‘The warld I hae tae bide in is this ane, but the warld I grein tae stey in is the ane charlie mackesy has wrocht.' – ELIZABETH GILBERT

‘Love, freendship and kindness – this buik spikks a universal leid.' – BEAR GRYLLS

‘A wunnerfu wark o ert and a wunnerfu windae intae the human hert.’ – RICHARD CURTIS

‘Simply, the warld needs charlie’s wark richt noo.’ – MIRANDA HART