Wayne and Rebecca Madsen

Ever wonder how to teach children that they won't be happy getting everything they want? This story would definitely scare that lesson into them.

Coraline is a short book by Neil Gaiman about a little girl and the nightmare world she falls into, and how she tries to escape. A great story about overcoming fears, nerves, what it means to be brave and ultimately that getting what you want can be a very scary thing.

A horrifying story. I can't imagine any child reading this book, unless they are already comfortable with the horror genre. This isn't for your "Harry Potter" readers...

"This book tells a fascinating and disturbing story that frightened me nearly to death. Unless you want to find yourself hiding under your bed, with your thumb in your mouth, trembling with fear and making terrible noises, I suggest that you step very slowly away from this book and go find another source of amusement, such as investigating an unsolved crime or making a small animal out of yarn." [-Lemony Snicket]

But this is an amazing tale. You see, Neil Gaiman is to literature what Tim Burton should have been to film. When I read his books, I see the visual world so clearly and it is a wonderful world, especially Coraline's nightmare world. This is a book I plan on owning.