Go the Fuck to Sleep is written as a 'children's book for adults'. Summary Īdam Mansbach, author of Go the Fuck to Sleep, in 2007

Mansbach had the illustrations for the picture book done by a friend, illustrator Ricardo Cortés (a contributor to The New York Times ), and approached Akashic Books, a book publisher from New York. Following his post, friends of Mansbach responded enthusiastically, so that Mansbach began writing what was then only a hypothetical book. Exhausted and exasperated, one night Mansbach posted a note on Facebook, 'Look out for my forthcoming children’s book, Go the Fuck to Sleep'. When Adam Mansbach's daughter, Vivien, was three years old, she would take up to four hours to fall asleep. 1 on 's bestseller list a month before its release, thanks to an unintended viral marketing campaign during which booksellers forwarded PDF copies of the book by e-mail. Described as a 'children's book for adults', it reached No. 'It captures the frustration of being in a room with a kid and feeling like you may actually never leave that room again, that you may spend the rest of your life in that dark room, trying to get your kid to go to sleep.Go the Fuck to Sleep is a satirical book written by American author Adam Mansbach and illustrated by Ricardo Cortés. 'Initially the audience was me and my wife,' he told the Associated Press. Vivien is now three, and Mansbach says that she is sleeping better. It's an essential gift for any parent you know who lives in the real world.' 'Bedtimes are precious but occasionally precarious times and I wish someone had given me this hilarious book sooner.

'For me and many parents the Gina Ford sleep routine never quite worked,' said Canongate editor Francis Bickmore, a father of two. It's 'definitely not a book to read to your child', said the publisher, but 'it will resonate with anyone who has ever spent 20 minutes, 40 minutes, four hours reading 'just one more bedtime story'.' How come you can do all this other great shit / But you can't lie the fuck down and sleep?'įilm rights have now been optioned by Fox 2000, and Canongate has snapped up UK rights in the title. 'The cubs and the lions are snoring,/ Wrapped in a big snuggly heap. Lie the fuck down, my darling, and sleep,' writes Mansbach in the book, illustrated by Ricardo Cortes. 'The eagles who soar through the sky are at rest / And the creatures who crawl, run and creep.

Go the Fuck to Sleep by Adam Mansbach