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    A touch of the macabre in children’s books is nothing to be scared of | Eleanor Margolis

    Roald Dahl and Maurice Sendak had it right – introducing kids to life’s more unsettling aspects is in fact a good idea
    by Eleanor Margolis Aug 28, 2018 2 minutes
    ‘When we underestimate children’s ability to deal with dark concepts, they lose out.’ Photograph: Alamy

    I was introduced to the horror genre early in life. In fact, if you grew up with readings of Where the Wild Things Are before bed, then so were you. The darkness of ’s classic children’s book is simultaneously subtle and glaringly obvious. On the surface, there are the beautifully garish illustrations of “rumpusing” monsters. What lies beneath – as is often

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