Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Mikey Please is a BAFTA award-winning and OSCAR nominated animation director and writer based in Bristol. 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.
<p>'[an] accomplished debut … the artwork is sublime … so original, so distinctive, it suddenly makes the competition look bland' <em>The Times</em></p>
<p>'An unusual, intricate, delightfully grotesque rhyming picture book' <em>The Guardian</em></p>
<p>‘Exasperated parents of picky eaters will love this gorgeously illustrated, gothic gourmet giggle’ <em>Daily Mail</em></p>
<p>'I really, really love this story' Jon Klassen</p>
<p>'[Mikey Please] has one of the most brilliant minds I know' Daniel Kwan, director of <em>Everything Everywhere All at Once</em></p>
<p>‘A captivating picture book debut' <em>Bookseller</em></p>
<p>'A funny, tautly plotted delight … <em>The Café at the Edge of the Woods</em> is a brilliantly accomplished debut that will appeal to children and their parents’ <em>Bookseller</em></p>
'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
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
The phenomenal and outrageously original new illustrated children’s picture book full of mythical creatures, monstrous meals and an unusual friendship
- Mikey Please is a BAFTA award-winning and OSCAR nominated animation director and writer
- Together with Dan Ojari at Parabella Studios, they collaborated with Aardman Productions to write and direct ROBIN ROBIN
- This is Mikey’s first foray into children’s picture books
- Comprehensive marketing campaign featuring standout animation created by Mikey, bespoke prints and more!
Competition: Robin Robin;Wild Flying Eye;The Comet;Arthur and;the;Golden Ropes;Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx;Secret of Black Rock;Hilda and the Troll;I Want My Hat Back;The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale. Benji Davies;Oliver Jeffers;Luke Pearson;Joe Todd Stanton;Jon Klassen;Chris Haughton;David Litchfield
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Mikey Please is a BAFTA award-winning and OSCAR nominated animation director and writer based in Bristol. 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.