Lemony Snicket meets Jon Klassen meets Grimms’ fairy tales in an outrageously original picture book debut by BAFTA Award-winning and Oscar-nominated animation director Mikey Please. In The Caf├⌐ at the Edge of the Woods,an aspiring chef opens a caf├⌐ beside an enchanted forest and discovers locals with a most peculiar palette. Rene and Glumfoot are ready to serve Very Fine Cuisine at the Caf├⌐ at the Edge of the Woods. But when their first customeran ogredemands pickled bats that smell like fartsRene is ready to give up! She can’t possibly serve such rubbish. Or can she? With a little bit of compromiseperhaps she can satisfy her customer and still serve the most delicious grub. Full of humorunlikely friendshipthemes of teamworkand unexpected surprisesthis charming and hilarious picture book is a winning recipe for readers who loved A Spoonful of Frogs by Casey LyallThe Dark by Lemony SnicketThe Skull by Jon Klassenand any fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm!

