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Title: Threat of spanking forces Frances to sleep...
Review: I too remember Bedtime for Frances as a child (I'm in my 30's) but was shocked when I read it recently. Wish I never bought it! It's definitely NOT a comforting bedtime story. It's the threat of being spanked (...or is it beaten? described in the book as "whacked and smacked) that forces Frances to sleep. In the book Frances' father says it's Frances job to go to sleep. And if he doesn't, "I will get a spanking?" "Right!" said Father. Frances then hears the sound of a moth at her window. "Whack and smack! Whack and smack made Frances think of a spanking. All of a sudden she was tired."
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