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The Rambler’s Curse by Mikey Please
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The Rambler’s Curse

Author
Mikey Please
Narrator
Mikey Please
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Publish Date
8 October 2026
Run Time
5 hours 15 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Magical realism / Magical fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Comic (humorous) fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Mythic fantasy / Myths and Legends fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories

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What to expect

The first book in a brand-new trilogy for 8+ readers, set in the world of the bestselling, award-winning The Café at the Edge of the Woods – perfect for fans of The Wild Robot, The Last Bear and The Hobbit.

Everything is going wonderfully for Rene and Glumfoot at the Café at the Edge of the Woods until one day disaster strikes – a creature most foul and dangerous stumbles across the café during a storm: a human!

Humans, in Rene’s opinion, are monsters. And after Glumfoot discovers that humans have also been venturing into the enchanted world of Wandthorn Woods, threatening to disturb the lives of all of the creatures who live within it, he and Rene must set out on a mission to uncover who the intruders are, what they want, and how to stop them from destroying everything they hold dear.

It is a mission that will set in motion a series of events that may very well change the world forever…

Award-winning author-illustrator Mikey Please expands the world of his bestselling picture book The Café at the Edge of the Woods in this incredible story, the first in a brand-new trilogy for 8+ readers featuring Rene and Glumfoot.

Funny, exciting, warm-hearted, and beautifully illustrated throughout with stunning black and white artwork, The Rambler's Curse is an unmissable adventure.

Critics Review

  • Praise for The Café at the Edge of the Woods:
  • '[an] accomplished debut … the artwork is sublime … so original, so distinctive, it suddenly makes the competition look bland' The Times
  • '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
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  • 'I really, really love this story' Jon Klassen
  • '[Mikey Please] has one of the most brilliant minds I know' Daniel Kwan, director of Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • ‘A captivating picture book debut' Bookseller
  • 'A funny, tautly plotted delight … The Café at the Edge of the Woods is a brilliantly accomplished debut that will appeal to children and their parents’ Bookseller

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Details
Author
Mikey Please
Narrator
Mikey Please
Duration
5 hours 15 minutes
Release Date
8 October 2026
ISBN
9780008808525
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Genre
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Magical realism / Magical fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Comic (humorous) fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Mythic fantasy / Myths and Legends fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories

Synopsis

The first book in a brand-new trilogy for 8+ readers, set in the world of the bestselling, award-winning The Café at the Edge of the Woods – perfect for fans of The Wild Robot, The Last Bear and The Hobbit. Everything is going wonderfully for Rene and Glumfoot at the Café at the Edge of the Woods until one day disaster strikes – a creature most foul and dangerous stumbles across the café during a storm: a human! Humans, in Rene’s opinion, are monsters. And after Glumfoot discovers that humans have also been venturing into the enchanted world of Wandthorn Woods, threatening to disturb the lives of all of the creatures who live within it, he and Rene must set out on a mission to uncover who the intruders are, what they want, and how to stop them from destroying everything they hold dear. It is a mission that will set in motion a series of events that may very well change the world forever… Award-winning author-illustrator Mikey Please expands the world of his bestselling picture book The Café at the Edge of the Woods in this incredible story, the first in a brand-new trilogy for 8+ readers featuring Rene and Glumfoot. Funny, exciting, warm-hearted, and beautifully illustrated throughout with stunning black and white artwork, The Rambler's Curse is an unmissable adventure.

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