The Thieves Beneath the Floorboards by Mikey Please

$19.99

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.

Pests are afoot!

Uninvited guests make themselves at home under the floorboards of Rene’s café and help themselves to a meal.

In her hammock, Rene slept. Below her, little creatures crept.
Each crumb they found, of course, they kept,
to feed their hungry cublings.

Rene wants them OUT, but Glumfoot and the littlest bear come up with a better idea. The hijinks that ensue are hilarious and spread an important message about sharing space.
This riotously clever addition to The Café at the Edge of the Woods world will thrill fans of the previous installments featuring Glumfoot, Rene, and the monstrous clientele of the café.

Specs:
48 pages | Hardcover
Series: The Café at the Edge of the Woods #3
11 in H | 8.5 in W | 1.4 lb Wt
ISBN: 9780063479937

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.

Pests are afoot!

Uninvited guests make themselves at home under the floorboards of Rene’s café and help themselves to a meal.

In her hammock, Rene slept. Below her, little creatures crept.
Each crumb they found, of course, they kept,
to feed their hungry cublings.

Rene wants them OUT, but Glumfoot and the littlest bear come up with a better idea. The hijinks that ensue are hilarious and spread an important message about sharing space.
This riotously clever addition to The Café at the Edge of the Woods world will thrill fans of the previous installments featuring Glumfoot, Rene, and the monstrous clientele of the café.

Specs:
48 pages | Hardcover
Series: The Café at the Edge of the Woods #3
11 in H | 8.5 in W | 1.4 lb Wt
ISBN: 9780063479937

 

Coming October 13, 2026!


“A delightful and silly treat for gourmets, gourmands, and picky eaters alike.”
- 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