The Cave Downwind of the Café
$24.00
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2025
Summary
Glumfoot grew up in a cave, where every morning, father made a bogey broth, served with a spade. He dreamed of something sweeter…
Glumfoot saves the day once again in another brilliantly disgusting story about hungry bellies, bogey broth and human-eating ogres from Mikey Please.
Every night, Glumfoot dreams of delicious meals and every night he is served the same thing: his dad’s bogey broth. He is overjoyed one day to discover the new café at the edge of the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008639051 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008639051 |
| Author: | Mikey Please |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 286mm x 226mm x 6mm |
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Critics Review
’[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’ 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] 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
About The Author
Mikey Please
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 and the Royal College of Art, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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