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Go the F**k to Sleep Hardcover – June 14, 2011

by Adam Mansbach (Author),‎ Ricardo Cortés (Illustrator)

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"Nothing has driven home a certain truth about my generation, which is approaching the apex of its childbearing years, quite like this."
--The New Yorker

"A parenting zeitgeist"
--Washington Post

"A hilarious take on that age-old problem: getting the beloved child to go to sleep."
--National Public Radio

"A new Bible for weary parents"
--New York Times

"Resonates powerfully with almost everyone"
--Boston Globe

"Go the F*** to Sleep challenges stereotypes, opens up prototypes, and acknowledges that shared sense of failure that comes to all parents who weary of ever getting their darling(s) to sleep and briefly resuming the illusion of a life of their own."
--Midwest Book Review

Go the F*** to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. Profane, affectionate, and radically honest, California Book Award-winning author Adam Mansbach's verses perfectly capture the familiar--and unspoken--tribulations of putting your little angel down for the night. In the process, they open up a conversation about parenting, granting us permission to admit our frustrations, and laugh at their absurdity.

With illustrations by Ricardo Cortes, Go the F*** to Sleep is beautiful, subversive, and pants-wettingly funny--a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children.

Seriously, Just Go to Sleep, a children's book inspired by Go the F*** to Sleep and appropriate for kids of all ages, is also available, as well as Seriously, You Have to Eat for finicky ones everywhere!

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Adam Mansbach's novels include The End of the Jews, winner of the California Book Award, and the best-selling Angry Black White Boy, a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2005. His fiction and essays have appeared in the New York Times Book Review, the Believer, Granta, the Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. He was the 2010-2011 New Voices Professor of Fiction at Rutgers University. His daughter, Vivien, was his inspiration for Go the F*** to Sleep.

Ricardo Cortes has illustrated books about marijuana (It's Just a Plant), electricity, the Jamaican bobsled team, Chinese food, and A Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, the Village Voice, the San Francisco Chronicle, and on the O'Reilly Factor and CNN. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Akashic Books; 1st edition (June 14, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1617750255
ISBN-13: 978-1617750250
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.2 x 6.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3,416 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Parodies
- #1 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Parenting & Families
- #2 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Limericks & Humorous Verse

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Lynda L.

Love it! Parents Inner Monologue On Every Page!

September 30, 2016

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I suppose I should start with - This is NOT a childrens bedtime book! It is a book for parents whose children refuse to go to sleep! I was shocked to find that some reviewers, apparently completely forgot to read the title of the book before purchasing. Subsequently, they also seem to have been horrificly ambushed by the fact that they have absolutely no sense of humor. For those parents who do have a sense of humor and who may not find profanity particularly offensive and who live in the real world. And have real kids. This book is definitely a 3am win!
That being said...This is a totally F-ing amazing book! It's real, overworked, frustrated beyond belief, about to loose your mind at 3am, inner parent monologue. I originally bought it for a friend who was having some serious issues getting her little one to sleep. She called me after one particularly rough night & thanked me profusely for giving her the book. I guess it's nice to know that you're not alone in your child's bedtime struggles. It may not actually be all your fault and you may have a relatively normal child & are not in fact a horrible parent. A little laughter, and vulgar support, can go an awfully long way. I've since given it as a gift many times. I plan on continuing to gift it as long as the people around me continue to not learn from the couple before them and keep having babies. Who then refuse to sleep. And so on & so forth.
*If you haven't already you MUST Google the celebrity reads of this book! Jennifer Garner & Samuel L. Jackson are laugh out loud funny. Samuel L. Jackson should narrate a book for every single stage of life, from being born to the grave. We'd come in & go out laughing! This book is one that will be shared from one exhausted, fed up, delusional, red eyed, sleep deprived parent to another. 'Cause sometimes all you can do is F-ing laugh. At yourself and at each other. Also, the pictures are really beautiful.

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Anoia

Lots of love... and f-bombs!

December 21, 2017

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Hilarious. I recommend to parents who have kids who are resistant to reading... allowing them to read alongside with you (even the cursing) is a great way to get kids to think of reading as cool. Also caused a whole lot of giggles - and bonding - over this book. The message to children that parents, through all their day-to-day frustrations, love their children and will do anything for them, easing their anxieties. Look past the cursing - there is a lot of love in this book!

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dracksmom

Funny, Funny;, Funny!

December 30, 2017

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This is one of the funniest books around. I have to say, this book may not be for everyone. Some may find it offensive. With that being said, funniest book around. My son is an adult and I don't have anyone in mind when I purchased it but I laughed so hard that I decided how could I NOT buy this book?

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Adam Denton

Super funny and I am sure every parent can agree ...

January 11, 2018

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Bought this for a buddy's baby shower. This book was a big hit. Everyone wanted to read it. Super funny and I am sure every parent can agree with the thoughts of the parents in this book. Also if you get a chance, watch Samuel L. Jackson read this on YouTube.

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Five Stars

May 17, 2017

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Hilarious, maybe I can read this to someone who is drunk and wont go to sleep

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Roy Mis

Treat Yourself! Very Funny!!!

October 6, 2017

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I laughed out loud. A friend told me about this book so I bought it for my daughter (who is a mom). I'm not sure if she liked it as much as I did, but her husband was hysterical.

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ninalefay

New & experienced parents of any age will definitely appreciate its humor, I feel, especially the 20 to 30-something newbies :)

February 20, 2016

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The perfect side-gift for my friend at her baby shower. I think parents, new and experienced, of any age can definitely appreciate its humor but especially the 20-30 somethings, I feel. Makes for a great laugh, speaks the truth in a light-hearted way, and will give your child a funny story to tell when they are old enough (age-appropriate, of course) to read it. Definitely will get this one for myself (or hopefully as a gift!) when it's our turn to have a baby.

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A hilarious adult response to Good Night Moon

July 28, 2017

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Bought the book on a whim. I laughed out loud on every page. Everyone who has had kids will remember incidents where the kids' eyes just will not go closed and stay closed.

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Obviously not for children, but the desperate parent. 10/10 would read to my children or any children for that matter.

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Christin

Funny book

Really funny book I gave a friend whose a mom with a four year old.

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great for the cynical parent.

I read this to myself and fantasize about reading this to my three year old who is up RIGHT now as I write this at 10:08pm MT.

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Virginia Herbst

Excellent.

Listened to the Audible version. Excellent. LOL

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andrea

Everything i always thought, but never said. HILARIOUS!

This was so funny to read. Everything I have ever thought with my 2 year old. It was hilariously true. Can't wait to read more!

This is a short fun, creative story. Wasnt too sure what to expect after seeing pictures, but to my surprise it is a great book.

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Got it as a Christmas gift for my wife (not ...

Got it as a Christmas gift for my wife (not so much our 2 month old daughter) and we have had a lot of laughs reading it together.

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Five Stars

Brilliant...clearly this person has kids like ours!!! So funny.

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