>>Lemony Snicket series - good choice. My kids love them.
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>I don't know. I think so it's so much frighten for a small kid.


They get the joke. They realize it's all tongue in cheek, right from the messages from the author on the back cover. "Whatever you do, don't buy this book. And if you should be foolish enough to do so, be sure to put it straight into the fire as soon as you get homw." Kids' senses of humor are more actively engaged than those of many adults.