Hilarious, surprising, and delightfully disgusting, the latest picture book from co-director of the acclaimed stop-motion tribute for Over the Garden Wall ’s 10th anniversary, BAFTA Award–winning, and Oscar-nominated animation director Mikey Please expands the outrageously irresistible world of the smash hit, The Café at the Edge of the Woods . In Glumfoot’s cave, there’s only one item on the menu: booger stew. But he dreams of puff pastry and sweet sorbet. Then one day, a human named Rene builds a nearby log cabin smelling of all the delicious foods one could eat.  But a local ogre thinks Rene smells rather tasty too! Can Glumfoot save Rene—and his chance at a decadent meal—with his quick thinking? This riotously clever addition to the Café at the Edge of the Woods world will thrill fans of the first installment featuring Glumfoot, Rene, and the monstrous clientele of the café.   "With this prequel to The Café at the Edge of the Woods (2024), Please provides an entertaining backstory for Glumfoot, the clever, green, pointy-eared front-of-house staff member at Rene’s restaurant." - Kirkus Reviews Mikey Please is a BAFTA Award–winning and Oscar-nominated animation director and writer based in London. He is an alumnus of Wimbledon College of Arts and the Royal College of Art and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Café at the Edge of the Woods , his picture book debut, has received astounding praise from booksellers around the globe and has landed on many best-books lists. He is also the author of the upcoming adult novel The Expanded Earth . You can visit Mikey at mikeyplease.co.uk.