# A Children's Book of Demons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051 "2019-12-18T22:21:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/1 "2019-12-18T22:21:16Z")
You really gotta read [the Amazon reviews](https://www.amazon.com/Childrens-Book-Demons-Aaron-Leighton/dp/1927668662) for this one. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/2 "2019-12-18T22:35:07Z")
Haven’t read reviews like this since Disney’s _Brave_ came out on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/3 "2019-12-18T23:57:22Z")
I particularly like the reviewer who couldn’t spell “terrifying” and got autocorrected to “Satan is terraforming.” So we should send Satan to Mars, then? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/4 "2019-12-19T00:24:24Z")
Out of 185, 23% gave it 4 stars, and 73% gave it 1 star, with only a few votes in between. It seems like most of the reviews are by people who didn’t actually buy it. When I tried to register a review, I got this message: > [@Amazon](#): > > Amazon has noticed unusual reviewing activity on this product. Due to this activity, we have limited this product to verified purchase reviews. You can also select for reviews that mention: bible thumpers pure evil stay away satanic garbage little ones kill and destroy steal kill expose your children ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/5 "2019-12-19T00:49:03Z")
I’d like to be able to post a review as a demon\* complaining about all the kids summoning them willy-nilly and bossing them around. (That has to annoy demons, right?) \*But not enough to register a whole new account with a demon name. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/6 "2019-12-19T13:27:51Z")
If you sort the reviews by “Verified Purchase”, there’s only about 10 of them and they all rated it highly. They also point out that the demons in the book are very obviously made up. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/7 "2019-12-19T13:47:26Z")
Oh, I gotta buy this book! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/8 "2019-12-19T14:33:33Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > They also point out that the demons in the book are very obviously made up. I would hate to summon a demon, have it show up, and find out it was a fake one. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/9 "2019-12-19T15:07:52Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > If you sort the reviews by “Verified Purchase”, there’s only about 10 of them and they all rated it highly. They also point out that the demons in the book are very obviously made up. The demons are just made up? Well, as soon as you posted that, I sent the book back for a refund. Imagine my shock when I discovered that many of my most beloved characters were also made up (even in Dickens and Austen!). Those books are getting returned, too… _(no, Barnes and Noble, I don’t know where I bought them or how many years ago, but I’m not leaving this store until I see someone in charge who’s responsible for selling these imaginary books!)_ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/10 "2019-12-19T16:04:02Z")
:smack: Okay, okay. I mean, they’re not the demons of classic mythology, but just lame-o noob demons that don’t have a legion\* of fans yet. Although I do predict a great career for Flatulus. - Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/11 "2019-12-19T16:19:27Z")
I sent my liberal parents Rick Santorum’s coloring book awhile back as a joke gift. Perhaps this I’ll send this to my conservative in-laws. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/12 "2019-12-19T16:26:07Z")
For those interested in demonology, I can recommend [_Who In Hell?_](https://www.amazon.com/Who-Hell-Guide-Whole-Damned/dp/0679764844/ref=pd_sbs_14_img_0/130-3518427-1496221?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0679764844&pd_rd_r=c012cdd5-10d3-4479-abc4-9a96698d5b34&pd_rd_w=Kdltx&pd_rd_wg=sxcVz&pf_rd_p=5cfcfe89-300f-47d2-b1ad-a4e27203a02a&pf_rd_r=X5RG08KRBPMDMA5GWWTH&psc=1&refRID=X5RG08KRBPMDMA5GWWTH) by Sean Kelly and Rosemary Rogers. It list not only damned souls but also the more prominent devils and demons. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/13 "2019-12-19T16:46:28Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I would hate to summon a demon, have it show up, and find out it was a fake one. Who has summoned Arglagh the Impaler? Oh, great Arglagh, I…hold up, one of your horns just fell off! Uh–yeah,they do that. Demons horns _fall off_? Yes, this is molting season. But this one is made from an ice cream cone and masking tape! ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/14 "2019-12-19T18:13:24Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Who has summoned Arglagh the Impaler? > > Oh, great Arglagh, I…hold up, one of your horns just fell off! > > Uh–yeah,they do that. > > Demons horns _fall off_? > > Yes, this is molting season. > > But this one is made from an ice cream cone and masking tape! Cf. [Robert Sheckley, “The Demons”.](http://www.lesekost.de/texte/HHL139D.htm) also: [Brimstone and Vinegar](https://www.oglaf.com/brimstone-vinegar/) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/15 "2019-12-19T18:39:28Z")
Now I want to publish a book titled “Satan Has Two Mommies” so I can see if I can top the outrage this book caused. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/16 "2019-12-19T20:00:58Z")
Someone needs to do a perfect pastiche of an old Golden Book where the school children learn to respect everyone and get along with each other… and the demons they’ve summoned. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/17 "2019-12-19T20:11:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Please do not let your children read it. MATT 12 says When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, i All i can do is picture Matt Shatt from SNL saying that. “MATT” And the first one star review I read there was a hilarious bit of satire. "My kid keeps calling himself the “Lord of Maggots…oh God, he’s outside the door” ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/18 "2019-12-21T21:20:29Z")
Reminds me of [The Devil’s Storybook](https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Storybooks-Twenty-Delightfully-Stories/dp/0312641583/ref=sr_1_1) by Natalie Babbitt > [@Amazon synopsis](#): > > Every now and then, the Devil likes to pop up into the world for an adventure. He’s a trickster and a mischief-maker, and just as full of vanity and other human failings. But he’s also a gifted storyteller. The Devil’s antics are presented in these two collections of stories, The Devil’s Storybook and The Devil’s Other Storybook, together in one volume. They make for delightfully wicked reading and are accompanied by charming illustrations by Natalie Babbitt. In one story, a meek mild man, who did gardening for a hobby, dies and goes to Hell because Lord-only-knows-why, where he finds that he isn’t allowed to grow roses. He makes a deal with the Devil, whereby he is allowed to grow thistles instead. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/19 "2019-12-21T21:56:25Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Someone needs to do a perfect pastiche of an old Golden Book where the school children learn to respect everyone and get along with each other… and the demons they’ve summoned. _ **The Poky Little Succubus** _ ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-childrens-book-of-demons/845051/20 "2019-12-22T00:12:32Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > _ **The Poky Little Succubus** _ I dunno, I’d think the, ah, pokey ones would tend to be incubi…