Apr 2nd 2009 By Scott Indrisek

Creepy Children's Books -- Deeply Weird Tales for Tots

Everyone has fond memories of those delightful children's books that shaped our young psyches and proved that reading truly is fun!-damental. But not all of those stories are quite as innocent as they seemed at first glance. From God-fearing vegetables and defecation to lion attacks and Hiroshima destruction, the literature of little ones is full of inadvertent horror and old-fashioned creepiness.

In honor of National Children's Book Day, we've pulled together our favorite creepy children's titles guaranteed to haunt your kids for life.

Creepy Childrens Books

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Friday 03 April

By dpratt5546

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When I was six, my mother gave me two books, one entitled "I Hate you, I Hate You," and the other entitled "They Didn't Use Their Heads." Both were amusing when read from an adult perspective; for any clumsy child facing total isolation from his peers, there could be no greater detriment.

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Friday 03 April

By Master Shake

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THE NUMBER ONE SCARY FAIRY TALE is the BIBLE! Everything from incest to human sacrifice - in fact the entire story revolves around human sacrifice. You worry about Polar Express and Dr. Seuss? HA!

Friday 03 April

By Daniela

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It is obvious that the author of this piece tried very hard to think of SOMETHING to write and this is all he could do. Just as obvious - he doesn't have kids. These are wonderful books - although I don't know about the Hiroshima one.

Friday 03 April

By caryn

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This list is ridiculous - there are a few I wouldn't give a child to read but honestly, Alice in Wonderland? Dr Seuss? Grimm's Fairy Tales - this must have been compiled by some over zealous psychologist who can't accept that even young children can differentiate between reality and fantasy. Now of course, they approve of hours of television which probably inspired more nightmares than they care to count.

Friday 03 April

By Ann

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This is such bull! Has the author ever tried to think what's behind Grimm's fairy tales, for example? Little Red Riding Hood is a story that tells children not to talk to strangers. Hansel and Gretel has its roots in plague-ridden Europe when parents indeed abandoned their children in the woods to die. Those stories have historic and cultural value, not like the dummed-up versions you'll see as a Disney movie. And "Where the wild things are" is creepy? Heck, my daughter's 4th grade class put it on as a stage play! I think that whoever wrote this should rethink everything he thinks he knows about literature. Children live very much in a magical, make-believe world, and those stories are part of it. But even a 5 year-old can discern between reality and fantasy. Give our kids a little more credit, would ya!?

Friday 03 April

By Go There Girl

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Funny, they didn't mention any Harry Potter books!

Friday 03 April

By Joyce Johnson

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Who writes this stuff! Makes me wonder how credible anything else AOL puts out. A few of these books seemed weird, but most of them are classic books that I read or my children have read and I don't feel we have been scarred for life!