Go the F**k to Sleep

A Reader's Digest 25 Funniest Books of All TimeNothing has driven home a certain truth about my generation which is approaching the apex of its childbearing years quite like this.--The New YorkerA parenting zeitgeist--Washington PostA hilarious take on that age-old problem: getting the beloved child to go to sleep.--National Public RadioA new Bible for weary parents--New York TimesResonates powerfully with almost everyone--Boston GlobeGo 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 ReviewGo 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!

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: 7.8 ounces