Also a UK dad, but one who quite a few years ago picked up a book for a US friend's kid on the basis of a name, Binky, rather than a familiarity with the drawn

Also a UK dad, but one who quite a few years ago picked up a book for a US friend's kid on the basis of a name, Binky, rather than a familiarity with the drawn character of the same name in the Arthur circles. Anyhow, this kid had liked the Arthur-world character Binky, but I picked up a book called Binky's Guide to Love. Not the same thing at all. It was from Matt Groening's Life in Hell [1] output, and earned me some parental frowns. The upside was that the then six/seven-year-old kid took a shine to, er, "new Binky", and by 10 was an avid fan, and since then has been a collector via second-hand bookstores. Now in mid-teens, I like to think that this has had only positive effects on that growing mind. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_Hell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_Hell