Yeah I knew there was one of the Roald Dahl Revolting Rhymes that had a pretty dicey word in - just couldn't remember which one off the top of my head.
Pumpkin Soup (whoever was asking) is by Helen Cooper, there's a sequel that I can't remember the name off off-hand that I keep meaning to pick up, but it's a basic standby in my supply bag as I can do an impromptu Literacy lesson off it pretty easily. My copy is starting to fall apart from overuse - same as my bumper book of Horrid Henrys - I can probably recite the Comfy Black Chair and Mummy's Curse off by heart by now (complete with silly voices).
I quite like the Kipper (the dog, not the Oxford Reading Tree ones) books for nursery/reception age kids as well - they're nice and easy reading; won't even shatter the world - but keep the kids engaged with the pictures.
Poor Enid - I always did think that the goody two shoes on in the Famous Five needed a bit of a slapping though, but I was the most un-girly girl going as a child and generally had to be removed from trees on a regular basis at bedtime. Sometimes I think people put too many adult undertones into things though - I remember someone once talking about what you could read into many fairy tales if you thought about it from an adult view: you've got child abandomnent (Hansel and Gretel), child slavery (Cinderella), God-knows what Snow White was getting up to in that house with the dwarves - etc etc.
Great one if you're into mickey taking fairy tales (a la Shrek), can't remember the author but The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig - particularly little boys think it's hilarious when they're building houses from kevlar, concrete and padlocks etc. There's another true story of the wolf but it's a bit more lower KS2 orientated and the name escapes me at the moment.
Six Dinner Sid is another one I love - about a cat with six owners, none of whom have figured out he's two-timing them and how he gets found out (I'm a sucker for stories with cats in). I also like the Mog stories - not for how they're written but because I love the silly dipstick cat (possibly because it bears more than a passing resemblence to my own).
I hate the Tiger Who Came to Tea but kids love it, same with the Alfie stories - I personally find them dated and dull. There are some books that you just get weary of because they're done in every school across the land.