Café Chaos: The Way the Cookie Crumbles
Hope Crumble and her family serve up cakes, coffee and calamity in this hilarious new series from much-loved author Catherine Wilkins. Illustrated throughout by the brilliant Katie Abey.
The second heartwarming and hilarious story in the Café Chaos series.
Hope's mum has mistakenly over-ordered the beans and they only have two months to get through them all! Several hilarious family meetings take place to discuss ideas: Aunt Rita comes over all 'flavours of Mexico' while Connor wants a bean-eating competition to catch the post-gym crowd.
Hope is trying to distance herself from it all in a bid to have 'time to be a child' and let her family sort out their own crises. But she can't deprive her family of her problem-solving abilities for long. Rescue comes in the unlikely form of Skyla - Hope's arch enemy and school bully - who needs a place to hold her charity fashion show.
Praise for Café Chaos:
"A beautifully funny story - effortlessly brilliant." - Romesh Ranganathan
"This funny and relatable story will appeal to fans of Jacqueline Wilson, as well as children who, like Hope, have to stand up to their families to make their wishes heard." - The Bookseller
Look out for these the laugh-out-loud funny books by Catherine Wilkins:
- Café Chaos: My Family is not a piece of cake
- My Best Friend and Other Enemies: A Jess Jackson Book
- You're Not the Boss of Me! (WINNER Lollies 2024, Teen)
- My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters: A Jess Jackson Book
- And more café capers in upcoming Café Chaos books!
Catherine Wilkins is a writer and comedian. She writes jokes and stories which she performs around the country to strangers in the dark, trying to make them laugh. Catherine has always wanted to write funny stories for children and is finding the whole process more exciting than that time she bungee jumped. Which is pretty exciting. If you think about it.
Katie Abey (Illustrator)
Katie Abey is a creative human committed to the idea that she can make a positive difference to the world by drawing perturbed animals and lots of rainbows. She has illustrated over 50 children's books, and is passionate about creating art that makes people feel proud of their individuality.