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Creepy Cafetorium: Six More Spooky, Slimy, Silly Short Stories
By (Author) Colleen AF Venable
Illustrated by Anna-Maria Jung
By (author) Gina Loveless
By (author) Carol Burrell
By (author) Jadzia Axelrod
By (author) Erana Bumbardatore
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Andrews McMeel Publishing
19th September 2023
9th November 2023
United States
Children
Fiction
Humour
FIC
Paperback
192
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 13mm
358g
From Epic Originals comes an even spookier, sillier, slimier collection of illustrated stories guaranteed to make you laugh so loud you'll wake the monster under the bleachers!
The Cafetorium is open for lunchand play rehearsal, gym class, and unintentional interdimensional travel! Join comic book fan Dee Dee, master gamer Jackie, and the rest of the crew (including everyones favorite goat) in this brand-new set of wonderfully weird tales.
These charming stories present kids' everyday school and friendship challenges in unexpected ways, letting kids laugh while they build empathy, resilience, social skills, and more.
ColleenAFVenableis the author of the National Book Award long-listedKiss Number 8 and indie bestseller Katie the Catsitter. Her other books include Mervin the Sloth is About to Do the Best Thing in TheWorld with Ruth Chan,The Oboe Goes Boom Boom Boomwith Lian Cho, and the Guinea Pig,PetShop Private Eye series, illustrated by Stephanie Yue and nominated for the Best Publication for Kids Eisner Award.
Gina Loveless is the author of the Diary of a 5th Grade Outlaw series and Puberty Is Gross But Also Really Awesome. She's also the coauthor of Animal Rescue Friends. She lives in Eastern Pennsylvania with her husband and her rescue dog Gerdie.
Carol Burrell started out in physics and classics, somehow landed in childrens books, and is now an editor, author, illustrator, and translator of enough graphic novels to have lost count. When theres time, she also works on her webcomic SPQR Blues. She grew up in New York City and a little bit in Miami, swapped New York for London for a while, and, unrelated to any of this, loves big hairy dogs.
Jadzia Axelrod is an award-winning author, illustrator, activist, gadabout, and circus performer. She is the author of comics and graphic novels for Tor, Quirk Books, and DC Comics. She lives in Philadelphia where she cooks overly-elaborate meals for her wonderful wife and delightful child.
Erana Bumbardatorewrites and copyedits random things in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband, her statistically improbable redheaded kids, and more pets than is really advisable. She is coauthor of the Truth Sleuth series but has no actual detective skills.
Kim Anderson is a childrens book editor. She enjoys reading, baking, and video games, and sometimes does all three at the same time. She lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with her family.
Anna-Maria Jung is an illustrator, cartoonist, and lover of fantastic stories who has worked with companies all over the world. She has even worked in animation, including collaborating with the legendary Bill Plympton. In 2009, she received a Fulbright scholarship and began a masters program in illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, graduating in 2011. She is currently living and working in Graz, Austria, producing illustrations for the editorial market, childrens books, graphic novels, and apparel.