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The Caf at the Edge of the Woods
By (Author) Mikey Please
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
4th June 2025
26th September 2024
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Giants, trolls and other mythical humanoid
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Cooking and food
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Magical realism / Magical fantasy
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Fairies, elves, etc
823.92
Paperback
48
Width 220mm, Height 280mm, Spine 3mm
120g
'An unusual, intricate, delightfully grotesque rhyming picture book' The Guardian
Exasperated parents of picky eaters will love this gorgeously illustrated, gothic gourmet giggle Daily Mail
Welcome to the Caf at the Edge of the Woods, the utterly charming and mesmerising new picture book from BAFTA award-winning writer Mikey Please.
Rene's dreams have finally come true! She's opened a caf beside an enchanted wood, and with the help of a newfound waiter, Glumfoot, she is ready to serve the finest cuisine! But the locals seem to favour a most peculiar palette, requesting all sorts of disgusting things.
Can Glumfoot's quick-thinking save the day
Join Rene and Glumfoot in this incredible other-worldly story full of magical humour, mythical creatures and culinary curiosities.
CREATOR AND CODIRECTOR OF THE OSCAR-NOMINATED ANIMATED FILM ROBIN ROBIN, AS SHOWN ON NETFLIX
'I really, really love this story' Jon Klassen
'[an] accomplished debut the artwork is sublime so original, so distinctive, it suddenly makes the competition look bland' The Times
'An unusual, intricate, delightfully grotesque rhyming picture book' The Guardian
Exasperated parents of picky eaters will love this gorgeously illustrated, gothic gourmet giggle Daily Mail
'I really, really love this story' Jon Klassen
'[Mikey Please] has one of the most brilliant minds I know' Daniel Kwan, director of Everything Everywhere All at Once
A captivating picture book debut' Bookseller
'A funny, tautly plotted delight The Caf at the Edge of the Woods is a brilliantly accomplished debut that will appeal to children and their parents Bookseller
Mikey Please is a BAFTA award-winning and OSCAR nominated animation director and writer based in London. He is an alumnus of Wimbledon School of Art, the Royal College of Art and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.