Eraserhead (for) Baby: Lynchian Stories Kids Will LoveLike this list

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• John the Skeleton

  Laan, Triinu, 1975-

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  PICTURE BOOK: What happens to skeletons when they retire? This story of a skeleton isn't as creepy as the cover might suggest - it's a warm picture of everyday life that doesn't forget death is around the corner for us all.

• Pretty Ugly

  a Toon Book

  Sedaris, David,

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  PICTURE: You'll swiftly find, looking through this list, that one of my favourite throughlines of David Lynch's work is the emphasis on (and deconstruction of) the American nuclear family, as well as the values associated with it. Pretty Ugly turns…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bridge

  Lindström, Eva, 1952-

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  PICTURE BOOK: After hearing that a bridge is out ahead, a pig on a road trip goes home with a pair of wolves. No animal death in this one, but the dread Eva Lindstrom pulls from the three creatures making polite conversation in a living room is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ludwig and the Rhinoceros

  a Philosophical Bedtime Story

  Schneider, Noemi, 1982-

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  PICTURE BOOK: At bedtime, a boy insists to his father that there's a rhinoceros in his bedroom, but it's never where Dad looks for it. Inspired by a philosophical argument between Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell, this story is playful,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• João by a Thread

  Mello, Roger,

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  PICTURE BOOK: When a little boy goes to bed, his dreamscape is both beautiful and scary...and it's the colors of Twin Peaks' red room. Coincidence? Absolutely. But a gorgeous story to read regardless.

• The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

  Van Allsburg, Chris,

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  PICTURE BOOK: The Polar Express guy presents a collection of strange illustrations with intriguing captions, leaving the reader to sift through the images for meaning.

• Gravity Falls. Season 1

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  CHILDREN'S TV: Literally Twin Peaks for children, to the point that the creator wanted Lynch to voice the eerie, malevolent Bill Cipher, a dream demon that appears in the form of a Freemason pyramid. Twins Mabel and Dipper live in the town of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amazing Grapes

  Feiffer, Jules

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  GRAPHIC NOVEL: 95-year-old Jules Feiffer, a legend in his own right, takes a common domestic story and injects it with dream logic and bizarre visuals. Sound familiar? When Mom remarries, three children are taken to the Lost Dimension to meet their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Are You Afraid of the Light?

  Fairgray, Richard, 1985-

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  GRAPHIC NOVEL: Dash and Lily spend the summer at Black Sand Beach, where you can find zombie rams, lighthouse ghosts, and mosquitoes as big as your head. This series gets dark and strange, but it's always entertaining.