Finished: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Mackesy) I read this book in early December, when I saw it advertised and thought I might want to get it for my daughter, Jenny Cate, seeing as how she's a horse person, and had lost her beloved horse, Sara, recently. I loved the book, so got one for me too. The illustrations are as powerful as the prose. The message...friendship, family, being yourself, loving others. I was pretty much hooked from the beginning, when I read this exchange between the boy and the mole:

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” asked the mole.

“Kind,” said the boy."

Just a lovely, lovely book full of lessons we could all learn from, especially in this crazy world today.