Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: A Collection of Modern Tales for Our Life and Times

this book is for adults, it has adult humor. The reason you found it too graphic to read to your kids is because it is not for them.

I reallllly enjoyed reading Garner's book "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories" because he takes stories that we have all grown up with and revamps them to appeal to the modern reader. I think its fascinating how he can take something from the past and recreate it to critique modern society. The book is veryyyy enjoyable, and I doubt there is anyone who won't find him/herself laughing out loud at AT LEAST one moment in the book! For all of those who think that fairy tales are very basic and only appeal to the younger generation, think again! Garner is very witty and, if you enjoy his politically correct versions, read Bettelheim's interpretations as well..you'll find yourself even more shocked and surprised. :)

Amusing retellings of the most familiar fairy-tales: Snow White (the dwarves become "vertically-challenged"), The Pied Piper of Hamiln (Hamlin has "ethno-religious diversity"), Goldilocks and the Three Bears (who live together "anthropomorphically in a little cottage as a neuclear family"), etc, etc, etc. The humor wears thin after a few tales, which are reasonably short, so this works best as a bathroom book. Not for children, as they would ask far too many questions.

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories went beyond satirizing many aspects of today's society using classical bedtime stories to show how irreverent some pursuits of political correctness are. The humor found in the book made it non-offensive and allowed the reader to enjoy this new take on classical "tiny people with wings" tales.