Product details
- ISBN 9780008808402
- Weight: 270g
- Dimensions: 226 x 286mm
- Publication Date: 10 Sep 2026
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Join Rene and Glumfoot at the Café at the Edge of the Woods – this time with some unexpected visitors beneath the floorboards …
When Rene hears gnawing, clawing and scratching sounds from underneath the café, she just can't ignore them. Using every skill she can muster, she lays an elaborate trap – but what she finds will put all of her hopes and dreams in jeopardy …
Full of Mikey's unparalleled world-building and imaginative storytelling, rejoin Rene and Glumfoot once again for more folklore figures, culinary escapades and entirely unexpected guests.
Rhyming text for easy reading aloud – Catchy rhymes make bedtime reading a breeze
Parent- & Educator-Approved Quality – The story is aligned with EYFS guidelines to encourage imaginative play and social-emotional learning
Praise for The Café at the Edge of the Woods:
'[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' Guardian
‘Exasperated parents of picky eaters will love this gorgeously illustrated, gothic gourmet giggle’ Daily Mail
'I really, really love this story' Jon Klassen, creator of I Want My Hat Back
'[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
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.
