The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods
The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods
Summary
WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2025 'An unusual, intricate, delightfully grotesque rhyming picture book' The Guardian ‘[a] gorgeously illustrated, gothic gourmet giggle’ Daily Mail
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The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods by Mikey Please
WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2025 'An unusual, intricate, delightfully grotesque rhyming picture book' The Guardian ‘[a] gorgeously illustrated, gothic gourmet giggle’ Daily Mail Welcome to the Café 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 café 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'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 Café at the Edge of the Woods is a brilliantly accomplished debut that will appeal to children and their parents’ Bookseller
Mikey Please is the author of debut picture book THE CAFE AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS, which won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in 2025. He is a BAFTA award-winning and OSCAR nominated animation director and writer based in Bristol and 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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780008639013 |
| ISBN 10 | 0008639019 |
| Title | The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods |
| Author | Mikey Please |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2024-09-26 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |