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What is your favorite kid friendly book made just for traumatizing children? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

Yup, story goes that the publisher thought it was too scary for children, so Neil Gaiman, the author, told the publisher to read it to her daughter. The daughter said it wasn't scary, and so it was published as a children's book. Years later, the daughter said that she was actually scared but lied about it because she wanted to know the ending