Through his marvelous illustrations, Charlie Mackesy is ... is loosely based on him, the mole was inspired by his beloved 14-year-old dog Barney, the fox is Mackesy’s anxious part and the ...

Charlie’s book centres on a boy and three animals: a mole (upbeat), a fox (cautious) and a horse (wise). Charlie says the animals came to him throughout his life, beginning when he was a boy.

It may be a simple fable about a young child and his adventures with some animal friends, but the original book The Boy, the Mole ... Author and illustrator Charlie Mackesy was attempting to ...