The Creepiest Children's Books Ever (PICTURES)

Growing up, we all had at least one book that affected our psyche - some in more positive ways than others. The right book at the right time can teach children a lot more than any advice an adult can impart. But then there's these. Not only are these books creepy and/or hilarious to adults, but any kid who reads them is most likely in for a traumatizing treat.

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[John Raines]

11:53 PM on 04/27/2010

Okay, "Cooking with Pooh" is a howler. But the only creepy thing about "My Two Uncles" is that the caption writer still cops to the old chestnut about child molesters.

[drxcreatures]

01:23 AM on 04/22/2010

I understand what you mean about the titles and bookcovers. I did a little search on some of these books. It seems many feel amazed or appalled at the covers. Yet, NONE (that I have found) had actually READ the books.

In a form; how does that judging phrase go...?

[Princetrumpet]

11:17 PM on 04/11/2010

Creepy is as creepy does. If being sophisticated means livng with ones mind in the gutter or cloaked in cynicsm, you folks have not done much for the cause of sophistication.

[leener]

12:27 AM on 04/09/2010

I actually have "Cooking with Pooh" and I'm embarrassed to say that even after many years, the double meaning NEVER crossed my mind....I must be getting old :(

[Jacko99099]

10:52 PM on 04/05/2010

This guy has a hilarious post about these books.

http://www.snarkyhumor.com/2010/04/childrens-books.html

[WryAwry]

11:04 AM on 04/03/2010

Never have I been so outraged and offended -- every one of these titles should be banned and burned.
Children should never be exposed to such mind-altering garbage. I strongly recommend more appropriate titles, such as:

"Discovering Little Beaver"

or:

"Mr. Peter Pops a Pudgie"

Whoo-wee! I love the irony in all these comments .....

[PulSamsara]

10:55 AM on 04/03/2010

This stuff is hilarious. Thanks for the post.

[Tex88]

09:05 AM on 04/03/2010

The granddaddy of them all!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter

[lynnja f]

02:33 PM on 04/01/2010

HufPost, you left out

http://www.amazon.com/Man-Lost-Head-Picture-Puffins/dp/0140509763

The man who lost his head, 1942 by Claire Huchet Bishop, illustrated by Robert McCloskey. The Viking press, New York, U.S.A

The cover is frightening!

[Momklok]

02:02 PM on 04/01/2010

OMG I want the one "The Long Journey Of Mr. Poop".

[Troff]

04:09 AM on 04/01/2010

On average, not particularly creepy. Whoever compiled this list clearly either don't have kids or don't read much to them.

[Rasalom]

12:42 AM on 04/01/2010

Wow, complaining about nudity when confronted with the harsh reality of nuclear warfare. Stay classy, HP.

[Katboy]

02:30 AM on 04/01/2010

"Somehow, an illustrated book with nude corpses on the cover is not how we'd go about explaining nuclear war to children"

Well, "we" didn't get nuked in 1945, so perhaps the Japanese response to it is not something "we" should be judging or chuckling at.

Read Barefoot Gen.

[Rasalom]

11:11 AM on 04/01/2010

I'll explain it to my kids exactly how it went down. We nuked a defeated nation twice because we wanted to scare Russia.

And I've already read Barefoot Gen and watched both animated movies.

[Lil1210]

11:41 PM on 03/31/2010

Hmm...who posted this content first?

http://open.salon.com/blog/kimhartman/2010/03/31/12_bizarre_kids_books_you_wont_buy

[NelsonBig]

03:21 AM on 04/01/2010

A simple glance at the timestamp should answer that question.

HP did.

[Principaldad]

10:55 AM on 04/02/2010

Although the time stamp of the Salon content is 3/31, if you look in the comments on Salon there is a post from the author indicating that she first posted the piece on the previous Saturday (which would be 3/27), and the author mentions that the story has been "lifted" across the net. It looks like HP may have copied the idea, adding a few more titles.

[kelleyajones]

10:22 PM on 03/31/2010

William Bennett "The Children’s Book of Virtues" ...he tried to rewrite all the great fables to align with his conservative-hypocrite-republican viewpoint. It's the only book I've ever thrown away.

[leftbehind2000]

01:08 AM on 04/01/2010

+1

[Troff]

04:14 AM on 04/01/2010

Not to get too off topic, but I've burnt one book: I got a sci-fi book by Ron Hubbard from a sarcastic friend. It was just offensively bad.

[Momklok]

02:00 PM on 04/01/2010

You burned it? But everyone it Hollywood knows it's the truth!

[Clare Seche]

08:53 PM on 03/31/2010

I used to own a children's bookstore- and I don't recall carrying anything like these! Everybody Poops, yeah, but I agree that titles like Who Cares about the Disabled? are just odd, though the one about having a dad who drinks could have been named something a little more PC......

[BlueTexasWoman]

02:55 AM on 04/01/2010

Well, I hope you carried Hiroshima No Pika. It's on most social studies lists as a recommended text for WWII for the middle grades, along with Faithful Elephants and Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes.