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Go the F**k to Sleep (Go the F**k to Sleep Series #1)

Go the F**k to Sleep (Go the F**k to Sleep Series #1)

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Sale price$16.95
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The #1 New York Times bestseller—a gift book for parents that will have them laughing even as they cry.

One of Reader's Digest's "25 Funniest Books of All Time"

"Nothing has driven home a certain truth about my generation, which is approaching the apex of its childbearing years, quite like this." —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*ck 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 Cortés, Go the F*ck to Sleep is beautiful, subversive, and pants-wittingly funny—a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children.
Go the F**k to Sleep (Go the F**k to Sleep Series #1)
Go the F**k to Sleep (Go the F**k to Sleep Series #1) Sale price$16.95

Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 7 reviews.

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Tell Me a Bedtime Story

"Obviously not a book for your child's reading list, this is easily one of the funniest books in print ever. Its simplicity is its charm. Then it takes a typical bedtime story and turns it on its head. . . with a piledriver. This book resonates not only because parents recognize the inherent challenges of childrearing, but because we have ALL been THAT child. . . you know, the one that apparently did not understand that bedtime was NOT an option. It is indeed one for the ages. Read this book. Then go. . . to sleep."

— B&NDennyA (5/5)

Tell Me a Bedtime Story

"Obviously not a book for your child's reading list, this is easily one of the funniest books in print ever. Its simplicity is its charm. Then it takes a typical bedtime story and turns it on its head. . . with a piledriver. This book resonates not only because parents recognize the inherent challenges of childrearing, but because we have ALL been THAT child. . . you know, the one that apparently did not understand that bedtime was NOT an option. It is indeed one for the ages. Read this book. Then go. . . to sleep."

— B&NDennyA (5/5)

Tell Me a Bedtime Story

"Obviously not a book for your child's reading list, this is easily one of the funniest books in print ever. Its simplicity is its charm. Then it takes a typical bedtime story and turns it on its head. . . with a piledriver. This book resonates not only because parents recognize the inherent challenges of childrearing, but because we have ALL been THAT child. . . you know, the one that apparently did not understand that bedtime was NOT an option. It is indeed one for the ages. Read this book. Then go. . . to sleep."

— B&NDennyA (5/5)

This is definitely not a kid’s book so please don’t leave it lying . . .

"This is definitely not a kid’s book so please don’t leave it lying around so kids can peek inside its pages because the language inside is not for their eyes. I laughed as I read along and at times, I had trouble keeping up with the rhymes that made up this story but that was okay, because I totally understood exactly what the author was trying to get across. Why won’t my child go to sleep? What I found so funny in this book was the mixed message located in the text that I read it. I liked how the author mixed the sweet, tender and picturesque moments of childhood with the exasperation of an adult. The adult uses some harsh language in the book and his frustration builds as the evening grows longer as the child continues to stay up. Adding to that, I remember all too well, having the same experiences that the author is referring to in this book. The book begins with sweet cats and their kittens and sheep with their lambs nestled down to slumber with the adult wondering why their child will not sleep in their warm, cozy bed. The adult’s frustration is emphasized with a swear word on that page, which grabs your attention, as that line didn’t follow the previous gentle tone. The adult does many things in the book to get their child to go to sleep, like many of us have, all the while getting more frustrated as their child prolongs going to bed. I loved the part where the adult actually nods off as their child runs down the hallway. Who is guilty of this, raise your hand? Then it finally happens, their child has fallen asleep and all is well until, what? Oh no! the nightmare continues……. It’s a very funny book and I raced through it the first time and then, I read it a couple more times just enjoying it for the moments it took me back in time to when my children where little. There are quite a few swear words but the laughs I had were well worth it. The illustrations were different, they weren’t what I expected. They definitely didn’t take-away from the text. A few individuals I know people have heard this book before, as a few famous individuals have read it out-loud on TV and/or on radio. I hadn’t heard it before until now."

— Sandy5 (5/5)

Many people have heard this story all over the internet by now.

"Many people have heard this story all over the internet by now. I've heard it myself (the version read by Samuel L. Jackson), but it's been awhile. Getting the chance to read it in print (well, ebook form) was a nice way to revisit it. Go the F**k to Sleep is a great children's book. . . for adults. It's written in the same rhyming, picture coupled with a few lines of verse style that many great children's books are written in, but adds a subtle difference. It's not just the F word. The story itself tells of a parent trying to get their kid to go to sleep, but finally realizes, it's just no use. It's a great realistic and comedic book that any adult, parent or not, can appreciate. . . if they don't mind the ""adult language"" used throughout. I'm very glad I picked up a copy of this one."

— Miztrebor (5/5)

Best book ever

"I saw this standing in line one evening after an exhausting week before Christmas. It's like the author peered into my brain at bedtime and wrote everything he saw down. I started to laugh out loud in the middle of the store. I would recommend this book to any parent of children under 10."

— Shmuupy (5/5)

This book is hysterical

"For all the people out there offended. . . it's obviously not meant for kids. It's definitely a joke and a good one."

— Osborne18 (5/5)

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