Section 1: Pages 1-18
• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Mackesy, Charlie. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. HarperOne, 2019. First Edition.
• The book opens with a black and white image of the boy, his back to the viewer, turning his head to look at a small dark animal shape on the ground next to him.
• "Hello," he says (1).
• On page 2, the boy and the mole are presented in side-view, looking at one another.
• There is no dialogue.
• The boy lifts the mole, who says "I'm so small" (3).
• The boy tells him that although he is small, he makes a big difference.
• The boy lifts the mole onto a tree branch.
• The mole asks him what he wants to be when he grows up, and the boy replies "Kind" (5).
• On page 6 the boy and mole sit on the tree branch...
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