November 16th, 2011

Grown-Up Bedtime Stories

Children’s entertainment is a bit of a minefield. Like, how do you explain the “Justin Bieber is my Baby Daddy” debacle? And it’s now impossible to screen The Parent Trap, in case a little one wonders where Lindsay Lohan is now.

Now there are even children’s books that may not be particularly suitable for children. As the resident Bad Aunty, even we know that writer Douglas Coupland and illustrator Graham Roumieu’s Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People ($17.52) aren’t exactly bedtime material for tots. But with tales titled "Donald, The Incredibly Hostile Juice Box"; "Cindy, The Terrible Role Model" and "Hans, The Weird Exchange Student", we might just end up reading to our very naughty inner-child, instead.

It’s getting dark in here. —Jennifer Nachshen

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