The Creepy Children's Book for Creepy Children

My parents used to describe even slightly naughty or misbehaving children as “creepy.” Of course, often it was I earning that descriptor as I went about my boyhood undertaking a certain type of mischievous and rapscallion attitudes and behaviors illustrated here.

 

This book is an exploration of that sort of benign creepiness that exists in children, no matter their temperament. It reflects the perverse enjoyment inherent in the misbehavior of children, but with a core morality of why and how misbehaving can be wrong and might be best avoided.

 

Kids often enjoy hearing stories about other children misbehaving and can live vicariously through the actions while enjoying the vindication of knowing that they are not the naughty kids and thus are reinforced in good behaviors by their inner satisfaction that they themselves are not “creepy” – or at least to the core.

 

I envision this book as the first in a trilogy of further explorations of creepy children. The next books will have a narrower focus such as the sequel about creepy children at school with a focus on discouraging bullying and exclusion. The final book will be about creepy children at summer camp with a focus on the mistreatment of animals/nature and gender inequality.

 

But for now, please enjoy all the Creepy Children in all their glory. I hope you recognize and relate with much of what you are about to experience, with a warm glow of memory and indulgent smile.