Picture books, rhymes, good messages : this is old stuff that worked for me, and for my children. Any grandchildren will probably get the same treatment.

Banal, but effective : Dr Seuss.
Brainwashed generations of children into political correctness, right under their unsuspecting parents' noses. ABC and Cat in the Hat, are the entry level ones.

Maurice Sendak : Darker undertones, more moving. The Night Kitchen, Where the Wild things are.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II}