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The Cave Downwind of the Café
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The Cave Downwind of the Café tells the story of Glumfoot saving the day once again in a brilliantly disgusting tale about hungry bellies, bogey broth, and human-eating ogres from award-winning author Mikey Please. Every night, Glumfoot dreams of delicious meals, but he is served the...
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Glumfoot saves the day once again in another brilliantly disgusting story about hungry bellies, bogey broth and human-eating ogres from award-winning author Mikey Please
The new brilliantly illustrated book from Mikey Please, author of The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods!
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The Cave Downwind of the Café tells the story of Glumfoot saving the day once again in a brilliantly disgusting tale about hungry bellies, bogey broth, and human-eating ogres from award-winning author Mikey Please.
Every night, Glumfoot dreams of delicious meals, but 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 woods. However, when a very hungry ogre decides he’ll eat the owner, it’s up to Glumfoot to save the chef and his dreams of ever having a good meal.
Revisit the Café at the Edge of the Woods and join Rene and Glumfoot once more in their gloriously gruesome culinary world, where you're never quite sure what's on the menu—or who the customer will be...
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780008639051
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 11 September 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperCollins
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 6.0mm
Width: 226.0mm
Height: 286.0mm
Weight: 270g
Pages: 48
About the Author
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, the Royal College of Art and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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