The books proved that kids could not only handle grisly, genuinely frightening horror stories—they were champing at the bit ...

While he’s known for his music and movies, he’s also an author with a new, believe it or not, children’s book — which is, as of this writing, No. 1 on Amazon’s new release horror books list.

Nobody would argue with the "push to promote children's literacy", nor with the almost 15 million £1 book tokens distributed every March. But WBD has "descended into an annual horror show of ...