Café Chaos: My Family Is Not a Piece of Cake

Hope Crumble and her family serve up cakes, coffee and calamity in this hilarious new series from much-loved author Catherine Wilkins. Illustrated throughout by the brilliant Katie Abey."A beautifully funny story - effortlessly brilliant." - Romesh RanganathanRunning a bustling cafe is Hope's family's dream - it's just not hers! While Dad and Gran battle it out in the kitchen, Mum tries to balance the books while serving quiche to hordes of hungry pensioners. Meanwhile Hope's dramatic sister Stacey is determined to turn all of life into a stage and her "wishes-he-was-on-Wall-Street" cousin Connor decides to buy novelty costumes to advertise the business. And then Auntie Rita rocks up...Cafe Crumble is tipping straight into Cafe Chaos! Luckily for her family, Hope is there to save the day, though ideally this wouldn't involve dressing up as a giant ice cream and dancing outside the school gates.You'll laugh (a lot), you'll cry (with even more laughter), you'll develop a strange yearning for caroons (whatever they are!). Welcome to Cafe Chaos!"This funny and relatable story will appeal to fans of Jacqueline Wilson, as well as children who, like Hope, have to stand up to their families to make their wishes heard." - The BooksellerLook out for these the laugh-out-loud funny books by Catherine Wilkins: My Best Friend and Other Enemies: A Jess Jackson Book You're Not the Boss of Me! (WINNER Lollies 2024, Teen) My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters: A Jess Jackson Book And more cafe capers in upcoming Cafe Chaos stories!

Autorentext

Catherine Wilkins (Author)
Catherine Wilkins is a writer and comedian. She writes jokes and stories which she performs around the country to strangers in the dark, trying to make them laugh. Catherine has always wanted to write funny stories for children and is finding the whole process more exciting than that time she bungee jumped. Which is pretty exciting. If you think about it.

Katie Abey (Illustrator)
Katie Abey is a creative human committed to the idea that she can make a positive difference to the world by drawing perturbed animals and lots of rainbows. She has illustrated over 50 children's books, and is passionate about creating art that makes people feel proud of their individuality.

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Hi! I'm Hope Crumble
My family run CAFE CRUMBLE.
I know. Ok? We decided to lean into it.
My Mum is the BUSINESS BRAIN.
My Dad is the CHEF.
And these are the HORDES of customers who get in the way of having a normal family conversation.
Which isn't usually a PROBLEM, except my school life has turned upside down, Auntie Rita is SUDDENLY sharing my bedroom, and I'm in DANGER of being FORCED to dress as a giant ice cream.
Café Crumble is turning into Café Chaos!

Zusammenfassung
(WINNER Lollies 2024, Teen) My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters: A Jess Jackson BookAnd more café capers in upcoming Café Chaos stories!