 | Night chef Author: Song, Mika | |
| Price: $10.65 | ||
Summary:
A raccoon who lives inside the walls of a restaurant and dreams of cooking fine human cuisine is forced to reevaluate her sense of purpose as she goes on a grand and magical adventure to reunite a baby crow with his family. In graphic novel format.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (09/15/25)
School Library Journal (09/01/25)
Booklist (09/01/25)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (+) (00/09/25)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 09/01/2025 Following on the heels of her series about Norma and Belly, Song offers another comic about a food-loving wild creature. Night Chef, a racoon, has lived her whole life in the walls of a restaurant and wants nothing more than to be a chef. When she’s accidentally locked out of the restaurant while saving a baby crow, she decides to use her chef smarts to get the chick—who she names Ichi—back to its home roost. In her signature loose watercolor style, Song expressively renders Night Chef’s adventures as she flees an owl; finds shelter and companionship at Mole’s Hole, a pond-side restaurant (specialty: worms); jumps a train to meet a pack of wild dogs; and gets Ichi back to her crow family. Her pen and brush lines are particularly suited to the varied plants and animals inhabiting the lively pages, and the descriptions of dishes (many of which involve worms) will delight food-loving kids. A closing recipe (which will need some deciphering from an adult) is the playful cap on this gentle animal adventure with foodie flair. - Copyright 2025 Booklist.
