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Cafe Chaos Book II

Thursday 12th March 2026

Cafe Chaos - The Way The Cookie Crumbles is launched!

Hope Crumble and her chaotic 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.

The second heartwarming and hilarious story in the Caf Chaos series.

Hope's mum has mistakenly over-ordered the beans and they only have two months to get through them all! Several hilarious family meetings take place to discuss ideas. Aunt Rita comes over all 'flavours of Mexico' while Connor wants a bean-eating competition to catch the post-gym crowd.

Hope is trying to distance herself from it all in a bid to have 'time to be a child' and let her family sort out their own crises. But she can't deprive her family of her problem-solving abilities for long. Rescue comes in the unlikely form of Skyla... Hope's arch enemy and school bully - who needs a place to hold her charity fashion show.

Praise for Cafe Chaos:

"A beautifully funny story - effortlessly brilliant." - Romesh Ranganathan

"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 Bookseller.

Published by Nosy Crow. Illustrated by Katie Abey. Read by Stevie Martin. Available at all good book shops.