The Thieves Beneath the Floorboards
$20.69
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
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 f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008808402 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0008808406 |
| Author: | Mikey Please |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 6mm x 226mm x 286mm |
| Audience Age: | 3 |
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Critics Review
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
‘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
Mikey Please
- BAFTA award-winning and OSCAR nominated animation director and writer based in London.
- Alumnus of Wimbledon School of Art and the Royal College of Art.
- Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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