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Bedtime Toddler Reading for Macabre Parents
The Tiger Who Came to TeaThe Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.37
Heavy underlying politic themes as the huge, smiling predator cleans family out while patriarch works
Not Now, Bernard (A Sparrow book)Not Now, Bernard (A Sparrow book) by David McKee
Buy new: £3.44 / Used from: £0.50
Watch your uncertain child get his head around purple garden-dwelling monsters eating children, while preoccupied parents fail to notice
Jack and the Beanstalk (First Favourite Tales)Jack and the Beanstalk (First Favourite Tales)
Buy new: £2.66 / Used from: £0.01
Advocate theft, murder and get-rich-quick schemes.
Arthur's PantsArthur's Pants by Marc Brown
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It's never too early to get them started on public nudity anxiety dreams
The Ugly DucklingThe Ugly Duckling by Ian Beck
Buy new: £4.21 / Used from: £1.69
Because transient ugliness is OK, as long as you pretty-up long-term.
Tadpole's PromiseTadpole's Promise by Jeanne Willis
Buy new: £3.95 / Used from: £1.69
Wonderful sting in the tail. Beautifully brutal.
The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew it Was None of His BusinessThe Story of the Little Mole Who Knew it Was None of His Business by Werner Holzwarth
Buy new: £3.96 / Used from: £0.01
If you don't tell your children about animal poo, who will?