Guys pens childrens book " Go the F--- to sleep" and has a follow up book "F---ing eat"
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Go the F--- to Sleep author Adam Mansbach tells children to f---ing eat
US writer Adam Mansbach struck a major chord with beleaguered, exhausted parents everywhere with his best-selling, profanity-laden children's book parody Go the F--- to Sleep.
Now Mansbach is turning his attention to another source of parental frustration in the sequel You Have to F--ing Eat, out on November 12.
The book, like its 2011 predecessor, features child-like rhyming stanzas and illustrations, but turns the children's book genre on its head by being obscenity-laden and aimed at parents.
"There's been plenty of enthusiasm for a sequel over the years but I always said I'd only do one if it rang true to me, if I felt like I could imbue it with the same kind of honesty, love and frustration as the first book," said Mansbach.
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"And eating is the other universal source of parental anxiety, a battle of wills just as pitched as sleep can be. From my own experiences and plenty of conversations with other parents, it seemed like a topic folks could use a laugh and a bit of catharsis about."
Publishers Akashic Books, who announced the sequel yesterday, gave a sneak preview of the new book with the following excerpt:
"The sunrise is golden and lovely,
The birds chirp and twitter and tweet,
You woke me and asked for some breakfast,
So why the f--- won't you eat?"
The original book became a No.1 New York Times bestseller and has been translated in more than 30 languages. Famously, Samuel L Jackson lent his distinctive tones to an audiobook version.
Go the F--- to Sleep came about when Mansbach, a writer and university professor, was struggling to get his daughter Vivien, then aged two, to sleep, and joked on Facebook about writing a children's book called Go the F--- to Sleep. Friends encouraged him to actually go ahead and the book eventually was a hit before it was even published, with advance PDF copies going viral.
Giving a voice to frustrated parents, critics praised it for being an honest interpretation of the enraging aspects of parenting and engaging a sense of solidarity in flagging up the unspoken.
Stanzas, such as the following, chronicled the torment of parents with young kids.
"The Eagles who soar through the sky are at rest
And creatures who crawl, run and creep.
I know you're not thirsty. That's bullsh---. Stop lying.
Lie the f--- down, my darling, and sleep."
Go the F--- to Sleep author Adam Mansbach tells children to f---ing eat
US writer Adam Mansbach struck a major chord with beleaguered, exhausted parents everywhere with his best-selling, profanity-laden children's book parody Go the F--- to Sleep.
Now Mansbach is turning his attention to another source of parental frustration in the sequel You Have to F--ing Eat, out on November 12.
The book, like its 2011 predecessor, features child-like rhyming stanzas and illustrations, but turns the children's book genre on its head by being obscenity-laden and aimed at parents.
"There's been plenty of enthusiasm for a sequel over the years but I always said I'd only do one if it rang true to me, if I felt like I could imbue it with the same kind of honesty, love and frustration as the first book," said Mansbach.
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"And eating is the other universal source of parental anxiety, a battle of wills just as pitched as sleep can be. From my own experiences and plenty of conversations with other parents, it seemed like a topic folks could use a laugh and a bit of catharsis about."
Publishers Akashic Books, who announced the sequel yesterday, gave a sneak preview of the new book with the following excerpt:
"The sunrise is golden and lovely,
The birds chirp and twitter and tweet,
You woke me and asked for some breakfast,
So why the f--- won't you eat?"
The original book became a No.1 New York Times bestseller and has been translated in more than 30 languages. Famously, Samuel L Jackson lent his distinctive tones to an audiobook version.
Go the F--- to Sleep came about when Mansbach, a writer and university professor, was struggling to get his daughter Vivien, then aged two, to sleep, and joked on Facebook about writing a children's book called Go the F--- to Sleep. Friends encouraged him to actually go ahead and the book eventually was a hit before it was even published, with advance PDF copies going viral.
Giving a voice to frustrated parents, critics praised it for being an honest interpretation of the enraging aspects of parenting and engaging a sense of solidarity in flagging up the unspoken.
Stanzas, such as the following, chronicled the torment of parents with young kids.
"The Eagles who soar through the sky are at rest
And creatures who crawl, run and creep.
I know you're not thirsty. That's bullsh---. Stop lying.
Lie the f--- down, my darling, and sleep."
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kids be actin' up n ?
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...This ? is ? at his Kids .
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Thought there was a video of Samuel L. reading the first book
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Brilliant, so simple but nobody thought to do it
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Lol@ Sam's story at the beginning of the clip. The whole time I was thinking about my nephews.
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So who reads this, kids or adults?
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So who reads this, kids or adults?
The adults, but what I was thinking the whole time is this ? is more of a novelty. With real kids books they have value because your most likely gonna read it to them numerous times or they read it to themselves repeatedly.
What adult is gonna read this more than twice maybe. But it was a best seller though, so idk. I would listen to it on tape, maybe have different actors read it. One with Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, Patrick Stewart, Keith David just to name a few. -
Pass. I'm not cursing my kids out.
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I'ma read this to my kids
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babelipsss wrote: »Pass. I'm not cursing my kids out.
wait till they get grown and start talking back to uo
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babelipsss wrote: »Pass. I'm not cursing my kids out.
Its not for kids -
You know a white boy wrote this ? . Just imagine the outrage if a ? had wrote the same two books lol.
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You know a white boy wrote this ? . Just imagine the outrage if a ? had wrote the same two books lol.
I was thinking that, I didn't wanna take it there though. Lol. They call it verbal abuse. -
A$AP_A$TON wrote: »
Word, they would throw that ? out the league for that ? ... -
I hope he doesn't make a ? training book.
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Brilliant, so simple but nobody thought to do it
Someone did though. That's what this thread is about. -
yo i just had to argument last night
kids: "Can I Get Some.."
Me: "No!!!!!"
?: "Get Dem Kids Something To Drink"
Me:grits teeth..."Betta Take Yo ? Ass To Bed"
Daughter starts crying and leaves
Son pokes his chest out and yells "No!!"
Im tired and flex like im gonna run up on him, he dont budge.
I get up and he clinches his little fist,..... respected his gangsta so i got him some water.
that lil bastard took the smallest Drake sip of that water and ran to bed
kids are funny -
TheManInBlack4.0 wrote: »I hope he doesn't make a ? training book.
"Gotdammit, ? !" -
ChrisGamble wrote: »yo i just had to argument last night
kids: "Can I Get Some.."
Me: "No!!!!!"
?: "Get Dem Kids Something To Drink"
Me:grits teeth..."Betta Take Yo ? Ass To Bed"
Daughter starts crying and leaves
Son pokes his chest out and yells "No!!"
Im tired and flex like im gonna run up on him, he dont budge.
I get up and he clinches his little fist,..... respected his gangsta so i got him some water.
that lil bastard took the smallest Drake sip of that water and ran to bed
kids are funny
ummmm bruh,
you dont see a problem here that can grow into a bigger problem? -
JAMEL CO WROTE THIS BOOK
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ChrisGamble wrote: »yo i just had to argument last night
kids: "Can I Get Some.."
Me: "No!!!!!"
?: "Get Dem Kids Something To Drink"
Me:grits teeth..."Betta Take Yo ? Ass To Bed"
Daughter starts crying and leaves
Son pokes his chest out and yells "No!!"
Im tired and flex like im gonna run up on him, he dont budge.
I get up and he clinches his little fist,..... respected his gangsta so i got him some water.
that lil bastard took the smallest Drake sip of that water and ran to bed
kids are funny
ummmm bruh,
you dont see a problem here that can grow into a bigger problem?
what you mean, the defiance?
His mother and I always joke that once he gets of age, he's gonna ? me in my sleep. That's our sense of humor though, he's cool though. Smart little guy. -
Let me guess he's ummm WHITE?
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ChrisGamble wrote: »ChrisGamble wrote: »yo i just had to argument last night
kids: "Can I Get Some.."
Me: "No!!!!!"
?: "Get Dem Kids Something To Drink"
Me:grits teeth..."Betta Take Yo ? Ass To Bed"
Daughter starts crying and leaves
Son pokes his chest out and yells "No!!"
Im tired and flex like im gonna run up on him, he dont budge.
I get up and he clinches his little fist,..... respected his gangsta so i got him some water.
that lil bastard took the smallest Drake sip of that water and ran to bed
kids are funny
ummmm bruh,
you dont see a problem here that can grow into a bigger problem?
what you mean, the defiance?
His mother and I always joke that once he gets of age, he's gonna ? me in my sleep. That's our sense of humor though, he's cool though. Smart little guy.
it always starts as laughs and jokes until he gets older. right now he thinks its cool.
thing is kids dont know when to stop and always go overboard because they need limits.
my wifes friend has a child that he used to let curse...now his kid curses out teachers and him.
he still thinks its funny but now its hurting them with find daycare and he has no control hen he doesnt feel like dealing with it.
just think on it bruh