{"product_id":"creepy-cafetorium-six-more-spooky-slimy-silly-short-stories-volume-2-paperback","title":"Creepy Cafetorium: Six More Spooky, Slimy, Silly Short Stories: Volume 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColleen AF Venable\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnna-Maria Jung\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eGina Loveless\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom 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!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese charming stories present kids' everyday school and friendship challenges in unexpected ways, letting kids laugh while they build empathy, resilience, social skills, and more.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColleen AF Venable\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the National Book Award long-listed \u003ci\u003eKiss Number 8 \u003c\/i\u003eand indie bestseller\u003ci\u003e Katie the Catsitter\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other books include \u003ci\u003eMervin the Sloth is About to Do the Best Thing in The \u003c\/i\u003eWorld with Ruth Chan, \u003ci\u003eThe Oboe Goes Boom Boom Boom \u003c\/i\u003ewith 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGina Loveless\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Diary of a 5th Grade Outlaw series and \u003ci\u003ePuberty Is Gross But Also Really Awesome\u003c\/i\u003e. She's also the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Rescue Friends\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Eastern Pennsylvania with her husband and her rescue dog Gerdie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Burrell\u003c\/b\u003e started out in physics and classics, somehow landed in children's books, and is now an editor, author, illustrator, and translator of enough graphic novels to have lost count. 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She is coauthor of the Truth Sleuth series but has no actual detective skills. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is a children's book editor. She enjoys reading, baking, and video games, and sometimes does all three at the same time. She lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna-Maria Jung\u003c\/b\u003e is an illustrator, cartoonist, and lover of fantastic stories who has worked with companies all over the world. She has even worked in animation, including collaborating with the legendary Bill Plympton. In 2009, she received a Fulbright scholarship and began a masters program in illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, graduating in 2011. 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