The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Somewhere in the 3.5- to 4-star range for me.

The illustrations are very pretty, and the phrases that make up the text are compelling and succinct, with important and universal messages to share. My two complaints with this book are that (a) the text is just that, disjointed phrases rather than an actual story; and (b) the cursive font used by seemingly every published edition, while attractive and probably meaningful (I assume it's the author's handwriting), is just a little bit more difficult to read/adjust to than I'd prefer. Nothing insurmountable, but a bit irritating at first, at least for me.

I'm curious about the movie adaptation of this book, specifically whether or not it adds enough links between the phrases of the original text to create some flow/a story.