This is a book that isn’t a story. There’s no plot per se. Nor is it laid out as a series of conversations, or happenings - it’s even looser than that. I’m sharing it now because it’s one of those texts that defies categories in lots of ways, and it has struck a chord with so many readers. Is it a children’s book? Yes. Is it for children? Sort of. Is it for grown ups who sometimes feel like we’re riding through a snowstorm and nobody really knows the way? I think so.
From The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy
There’s a lot of social distancing happening in the world right now and with good reason. But I would encourage everyone to find ways of connecting with each other too, ways of staying close. Reading the same book can do that, the pages invite readers to share the same imagined space, right up close. Reading the same book enables all of us to transcend walls and borders and closed doors. And right now, that’s a really good thing.
Text and illustration by Charles Mackesy