From Epic! Originals comes an even spookier, sillier, slimier collection of illustrated stories guaranteed to make you laugh so loud you'll wake the monster under the bleachers!
The Cafetorium is open for lunch—and play rehearsal, gym class, and unintentional interdimensional travel! Join comic book fan Dee Dee, master gamer Jackie, and the rest of the crew (including everyone’s favorite goat) in this brand-new set of wonderfully weird tales.
These charming stories present kids' everyday school and friendship challenges in unexpected ways, letting kids laugh while they build empathy, resilience, social skills, and more.
Colleen AF Venable is the author of the National Book Award long-listed Kiss Number 8 and indie bestseller Katie the Catsitter. Her other books include Mervin the Sloth is About to Do the Best Thing in The World with Ruth Chan, The Oboe Goes Boom Boom Boom with Lian Cho, and the Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye series, illustrated by Stephanie Yue and nominated for the Best Publication for Kids Eisner Award.
Gina Loveless is the author of the Diary of a 5th Grade Outlaw series and Puberty Is Gross But Also Really Awesome. She's also the coauthor of Animal Rescue Friends. She lives in Eastern Pennsylvania with her husband and her rescue dog Gerdie.
Carol Burrell started out in physics and classics, somehow landed in childrens books, and is now an editor, author, illustrator, and translator of enough graphic novels to have lost count. When theres time, she also works on her webcomic SPQR Blues. She grew up in New York City and a little bit in Miami, swapped New York for London for a while, and, unrelated to any of this, loves big hairy dogs.
