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The Café at the Edge of the Woods — Carnegie Longlist 2026 Shadowing Pack

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Book Description

Rene opens a café beside an enchanted wood with waiter Glumfoot, but their unusual customers have an appetite for far stranger dishes than the refined menu she planned to serve.

Author
Mikey Please
Illustrator
Mikey Please
Publisher
Harper Collins
Publication date
26/09/2024
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Resource Description

Official two-page Carnegie Longlist 2026 shadowing resource with exact-book discussion and creative activities exploring food, fantasy, humour, monsters, meals and creativity.

Who is it for?

Ages 4+ / EYFS–KS1 / educators / libraries / families

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