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The Café at the Edge of the Woods

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Mikey Please, HarperCollins, (48p) ISBN: 9780008639013. Picture Book, read 26/03/25, Paperback ★★★★☆

The Café at the Edge of the Woods

The Café at the Edge of the Woods

It was really nice to see an illustrated picture book win the prize this year, especially seeing the huge growth in comics and illustrated stories for children happening right now.

Written in a nice rhyming scheme that takes full advantage of some of the funner words used throughout playing on the fact that we all like a bit of gross and a bit of silly.

We accompany Rene in following her dream of opening a cafe that serves fine cuisine and she works hard for it, and eventually sets up a cafe at the edge of the woods.

Eventually with the help of Glumfoot the waiter and some unexpected twists and turns her dreams come true, though to get there the story becomes so silly.

Full of rich illustrations that bring to mind Fungus the Bogeyman, with a lot of energy this is a perfect read for all ages and would be a great class read or something to make you laugh at night.

A lovely book about going for your dreams, team work, and friendship.

Buzz Sausage Wolf

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Jim Beckett, Aurélie Lise-Anne, Hodder Children’s Books, (112p) ISBN: 9781444978933. Chapterbook, read 20/03/25, Paperback ★★★★☆

Buzz Sausage Wolf

Buzz Sausage Wolf

This starts off sad as Buzz has had to move to another family as his previous owner just got too old for them to look after Buzz and all Buzz wants to do is fit in with the new family and be a ‘good’ dog.

Buzz is accompanied by his best friend, Trilby the mouse who hides in Buzz’s fur but will always pop out to support Buzz and pass on pearls of wisdom.

To figure out how to be the best dog ever for the new family Buzz comes up with the amazing idea of finding out who the pack leader is in the family and being what that person want from him…

This is where the fun begins. A really sweet book about finding your place within a family and being who you are rather than what others expect of you.

All of this fun and energy is beautifully illustrated by Aurélie, the pure mischievous of Buzz as both Sausage and Wolf comes out so well.

The squirrel dreams are just the best.

I received this from Hodder in exchange for an honest review.