Ratatouille: Remy Becomes a Chef

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Bon appétit! Remy the rat isn't your ordinary, garbage-eating rat. He has big dreams of becoming a chef! So when the old woman where he lives discovers him cooking in her kitchen late one night, she chases Remy and his family away! But Remy gets separated from them and finds himself blocks away from world-famous chef Gusteau's restaurant in Paris! There, he meets a garbage boy named Alfredo Linguini, Gusteau's son, who just wants to make his father proud. The problem is...Linguini can't cook! Can the unlikely pair team up and achieve their goals together? Don't miss this heartwarming tale as two friends work to make their dreams a reality!
Daniel Hahn is an award-winning translator, writer and editor. His 2026 books include If This Be Magic: the unlikely art of Shakespeare in translation, and translated novels from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Guatemala.

Padma Viswanathan is author of three novels and a memoir, published in eight countries and shortlisted for the Pen Center USA Fiction Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize and others, and has translated four books from Brazilian Portuguese. View titles by Various

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Bon appétit! Remy the rat isn't your ordinary, garbage-eating rat. He has big dreams of becoming a chef! So when the old woman where he lives discovers him cooking in her kitchen late one night, she chases Remy and his family away! But Remy gets separated from them and finds himself blocks away from world-famous chef Gusteau's restaurant in Paris! There, he meets a garbage boy named Alfredo Linguini, Gusteau's son, who just wants to make his father proud. The problem is...Linguini can't cook! Can the unlikely pair team up and achieve their goals together? Don't miss this heartwarming tale as two friends work to make their dreams a reality!

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Daniel Hahn is an award-winning translator, writer and editor. His 2026 books include If This Be Magic: the unlikely art of Shakespeare in translation, and translated novels from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Guatemala.

Padma Viswanathan is author of three novels and a memoir, published in eight countries and shortlisted for the Pen Center USA Fiction Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize and others, and has translated four books from Brazilian Portuguese. View titles by Various

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