Disturbing Children's Books

Note: These books were already old in 1970. What's remarkable is that these themes weren't considered shocking until very recently.

• Peter Pan enjoys a Good, Fair Fight.
• Babar laments a regrettable and thankfully temporary lack of firepower.
• Babar's children rejoice in an abundance of firepower, savagely killing hapless sea creatures.
• Babar's baby nearly chokes on a rattle in this disturbing brush with death.
• Babar's other baby hurtles off a cliff after his neglected perambulator speeds downhill.
• Babar's son helps with the gardening by depositing deadly posisonous chemicals on their growing food, as well as killing innocent snails.
• Breasts are clearly visible on this mermaid from a Babar story.
• Curious George rots in the slammer for his wrongdoing, and it can happen to you, too, so you'd better behave!
• Curious George, who looks and acts like a four-year-old, is seen here thoroughly enjoying a pipe. This is forgivable, or course, considering that tobacco was not known to cause harm until the lawsuit in 1999.

Go to -DeeT's 70s page.