The Café at the Edge of the Woods
WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE 2025
‘An unusual, intricate, delightfully grotesque rhyming picture book’ The Guardian
‘[a] gorgeously illustrated, gothic gourmet giggle’ Daily Mail
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.
CREATOR AND CODIRECTOR OF THE OSCAR-NOMINATED ANIMATED FILM ROBIN ROBIN, AS SHOWN ON NETFLIX
‘I really, really love this story’ – Jon Klassen
'[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 -