By Mikey Please (author) , Mikey Please (illustrator)
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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.
'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 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.
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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!
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Café at the Edge of the Woods and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
The Café at the Edge of the Woods features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Funny, Stories in Verse, Cooking / Food, Children’s picture books, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Fairies, elves, etc, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Giants, trolls and other mythical humanoids, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Magical realism / Magical fantasy, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Practical interests, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures, Mystery / Mythology, Fantasy / Magical
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The Café at the Edge of the Woods was written by Mikey Please and published by HarperCollins Children's Books an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
The Café at the Edge of the Woods has 48 pages
£7.19, reduced from £7.99. In Stock.
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