
The Café at the Edge of the Woods
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 1, 2024
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- Who it’s for
- A comic picture-book blend of enchanted-forest oddity, culinary compromise, and fairy-tale mischief.
- Themes
- Teamwork, Compromise, Unlikely friendship
- Genres
- Monsters, Cooking & Food, Funny Stories
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"I really, really love this story." —Jon Klassen Lemony Snicket meets Jon Klassen meets Grimm's fairy tales in an outrageously original picture book debut by BAFTA Award–winning and Oscar-nominated animation director Mikey Please, co-director of the acclaimed stop-motion tribute for Over the Garden Wall’s 10th anniversary. In The Café at the Edge of the Woods, an aspiring chef opens a café beside an enchanted forest and discovers locals with a most peculiar palette.
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Rene and Glumfoot are ready to serve Very Fine Cuisine at the Café at the Edge of the Woods. But when their first customer, an ogre, demands pickled bats and battered mice, Rene is ready to give up! She can't possibly serve such rubbish. Or can she? With a little bit of compromise, perhaps she can satisfy her customer and still serve the most delicious grub. Full of humor, unlikely friendship, themes of teamwork, and unexpected surprises, this charming and hilarious picture book is a winning recipe for readers who loved A Spoonful of Frogs by Casey Lyall, The Dark by Lemony Snicket, The Skull by Jon Klassen, and any fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm!
Fine, Peculiar Fare
A comic picture-book blend of enchanted-forest oddity, culinary compromise, and fairy-tale mischief.
Come here for
- An aspiring chef facing an ogre’s decidedly unusual order
- Humor, unlikely friendship, and a little kitchen diplomacy
Expect
- A picture-book story with Grimm-flavored strangeness
- A warm turn toward teamwork and compromise
Where it sits
| Monsters | 49% |
|---|---|
| Cooking & Food | 45% |
| Funny Stories | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Action & Adventure
- Mythical Creatures
- Fairy Tales & Folklore
- Halloween Stories
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- Funny Stories
- Myths & Fables
- Magic & Fantasy
- Friendship
- Authors
- Mikey Please
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 1, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Teamwork · Compromise · Unlikely friendship
- Reading lane
- Action & Adventure