Video: Grandma/Samuel L. Jackson Read 'Go The Fuck To Sleep'

Go the F**k to Sleep is easily my favorite book of the year.  For those of you that haven't heard of it or read it, I won't spoil it just yet.  Let's just say, when I first heard about it, I was counting the days till it's release.  Let me tell you, the wait has been worth it!  Best children's book EVER!  But, for the love of god, don't read it to your children.

Check out this concerned grandmother reading the book to her grandson, without warning of what is inside:



The book sounds like something that should be read by Samuel L. Jackson.  This story is perfectly suited for him.  So suited, in fact, he reads the audiobook.  Below is the audio presentation that you can download for free on Audible.com's website.  You can then play the file on you computer, MP3 player or mobile device.



The author, Adam Mansbach, is currently writing a trilogy of children's books to follow 'Go the Fuck to Sleep'.  The tentative titles are:  'Stop Shitting Yourself and Use the Fucking Toilet', 'Tie Your Own Damn Shoes' and 'Say "Are We There Yet", I Dare You.  I Double Dare You Motherfucker.  Say "Are We There Yet One More Time, Goddamn It'.  (Kidding)

Finally, A Children's Book I Can Relate To

You know you've wanted to say it.  I've said it to myself practically every night for the last year and a half.  Now, you can tell your precious little boy or girl to "Go the fuck to sleep", without feeling like a horrible parent.

Via Amazon:

"Go the Fuck 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 off to dreamland. Honest, profane, and affectionate, Adam Mansbach's verses and Ricardo Cortés' illustrations perfectly capture the familiar—and unspoken—tribulations of putting your little angel down for the night, and open up a conversation about parenting in the process. Beautiful, subversive, and pants-wettingly funny, Go the Fuck to Sleep is a perfect gift for parents new, old, or expectant. Here is a sample verse: 

The cats nestle close to their kittens now.
The lambs have laid down with the sheep.
You're cozy and warm in your bed, my dear
Please go the fuck to sleep."

Adam Mansbach advised that this is his "first children's book. You probably should not read it to actual children, and if you do, he cannot be held legally responsible."  


The book is not scheduled to come out until October, and it is already the #1 bestseller on Amazon's "Parenting and Families" list.  It looks like I'm not alone at night.