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Dear Booklover,<\/p>\n
A short note to thank you for your continuing support through this pandemic year and to present some ideas for the gift giving season.<\/p>\n
We are just beginning to notice a lag in distribution fulfillment and would like to encourage you to buy books early this year to avoid disappointment and to stock up on your winter reading!<\/p>\n
We are accepting store visits by appointment only, and we can ship any size order by standard media mail for $3 and are continuing curbside pickups — call us at (248) 968-1190<\/strong>, or email: BookBeatOrders@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong> to make an appointment or order a book. We are happy to drop off purchases to your car, but lately when its too busy we may use a chair or table by the front door. There is a smaller staff at work and we appreciate your patience. The cut-off date for standard media mail shipments within the USA is December 8, and December 16 for priority mail to arrive before Christmas. <\/strong><\/p>\n In our current newsletter we have a new column of Tom Bowden’s small press reviews and an exciting poetry reading event coming up this Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2 PM<\/strong> live on Facebook, co-sponsored by M.L. Liebler, co-editor of the the book Respect: The Poetry of Detroit Music<\/strong>, We’ve also included some of our favorite art books this year and are recirculating our anti-racism post on children’s books.<\/p>\n We are working on a post about Detroit authors, staff reading suggestions, and favorite children’s books of the year. These will be sent out shortly. Thanks for subscribing to our newsletter and your continuing support of Book Beat.<\/p>\n Best wishes,<\/p>\n Cary, Colleen and the staff of Book Beat<\/p>\n PS If you or someone you know would like to be sent our newsletters, there is an automatic subscription form at the Book Beat frontpage<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Evertime we get this book back in stock, it sells more quickly than before. We just received a new shipment that hopefully will see us through the holidays.. but there’s no guarantee. The book is reminiscent of Winnie the Pooh <\/em>and The Little Prince<\/em>, a wise contemporary classic for all ages. It’s message is timeless, comforting, and a book you’ll return to again and again.<\/p>\n “It began on Instagram. About two years ago, Charlie Mackesy, an artist in South London, began posting pen-and-ink drawings about a little boy and his animal friends. One of their earliest appearances, in January 2018, was a simple depiction of the child and a mole sitting together, each wrapped in a blanket, looking into each other\u2019s eyes. \u201cTales from the underground. Another mole day I think, \u201d read the caption. The love began pouring in: One commenter likened the image to Beatrix Potter; another said, \u201cThis is a book emerging, Charlie.\u201d —The Washington Post<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is not only a thought-provoking, discussion-worthy story, the book itself is an object of art.\u201d- Elizabeth Egan, The New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n
\nA Book for All Ages & Seasons<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse<\/a><\/strong>
\nBy Charlie Mackesy
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“What is the bravest thing you\u2019ve ever said?\u201d asked the boy. “Help,” said the horse.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n