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Artists Jake and Dinos Champan
Artists Jake and Dinos Champan have created a dark and troubling 'children's' book that may have dramatic consequences on the serenity of your offspring
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‘Malice shall come to wreck the night, to cleave its comfort and impugn your delight’, is just an example of the chilling poetry that can be found in artists Jake and Dinos Chapman’s new book. Probably the only ‘children’s’ book unsuitable for children, ‘Bedtime Tales for Sleepless Nights’, is filled with just about every shock the brothers can muster.

Published by Fuel and produced in collaboration with the White Cube Gallery, the hardback publication is deceptively presented as a classic children's book, with thick pages displaying large-print text, accompanied by colourful etchings.

The artwork has been created exclusively by the pair and the words, which have also been penned by them, are a vivid and dark re-imagining of the Victorian morality tale, which ironically uses the familiar and innocent verses often found in children’s stories.

In celebration of the book’s launch on 7 November, the duo will be on hand for a signing at the White Cube Bermondsey, where they will be dressed as bunny rabbits and housed appropriately in a Wendy house, which has been constructed by the pair specially for the occasion.

As an added bonus, purchasers of the book on the night will receive a raffle ticket offering them the chance to win a personal reading from the book in their own home by the artists. Just a note of warning: cover your little ones’ ears.

Jake And Dinos Chapman

The hardback publication is deceptively presented as a classic children’s book, with thick pages displaying large-print text, accompanied by colourful etchings

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The book is published by Fuel and produced in collaboration with the White Cube Gallery.

The book is published by Fuel and produced in collaboration with the White Cube Gallery. Pictured is a spread featuring one of the book's spooky tales

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Jake And Dinos Chapman

The text offers a vivid and dark re-imagining of the Victorian morality tale, which ironically uses the familiar and innocent verses often found in children’s stories

(Image credit: Press)

The artwork and words have been created exclusively by the pair

The artwork and words have been created exclusively by the pair

(Image credit: Press)

Jake And Dinos Chapman

Eyeballs and skeletons are recurring motifs

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At London's White Cube Bermondsey

The book will be launched at London's White Cube Bermondsey

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A Wendy house

Dressed as rabbits, the duo will be signing copies inside a Wendy house, which they have specially constructed for the occasion

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ADDRESS

White Cube Bermondsey
144 – 152 Bermondsey Street
London SE1 3TQ

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Lauren Ho is the Travel Director of Wallpaper*,  roaming the globe, writing extensively about luxury travel, architecture and design for both the magazine and the website. Lauren serves as the European Academy Chair for the World's 50 Best Hotels.