Scary Poems for Rotten Kids - Sean O'Huigin. Scared the piss out of me when I was very young.
A Promise is a Promise - Robert Munsch.
This one Dr. Seuss story sticks out in my mind, one of my favorites as a young lad, The Butter Battle Book. Supposed to be a commentary on the cold war, though I was unaware of it at the time.
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