{"product_id":"seriously-just-go-to-sleep-hardcover","title":"Seriously, Just Go to Sleep - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Mansbach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRicardo Cort駸\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Now there's a version, complete with more of the gorgeous, yet weirdly subversive illustrations . . . that you can read to your children . . . The best part? It's still funny. The rhythms, the plodding rhymes, the illustrations, the clever play on the overused trope of the world at bedtime--they all work together to take \u003cem\u003eSeriously, Just Go to Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e beyond parody and into the realm where good children's books belong: things that parents, and children, can honestly come to from different places and enjoy together. I can imagine reading \u003cem\u003eSeriously, Go to Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e nightly, and even to the point where you're begging the child to choose something else (the ultimate compliment for a picture book) and yet still finding something to enjoy. It captures a different 'zeitgeist' of modern parenting.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eSeriously, Just Go to Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e is the G-rated, traditional-sized, children's version of the book every parent has been talking about. \u003cem\u003eGo the F*** to Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e, the picture book for adults, became a cultural sensation by striking a universal chord for parents. Now, Adam Mansbach and Ricardo Cort駸 reunite with \u003cem\u003eSeriously, Just Go to Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e, inviting the children themselves in on the joke. As parents know, kids are well aware of how difficult they can be at bedtime. With Cort駸's updated illustrations (including a cameo appearance by Samuel L. Jackson, who narrated the audio book version of \u003cem\u003eGo the F*** to Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e) and Mansbach's new child-appropriate narrative, the book allows kids to recognize their tactics, giggle at their own mischievousness, and empathize with their parents' struggles--a perspective most children's books don't capture. Most important, it provides a common ground for children and their parents to talk about one of the most stressful aspects of parenting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eSeriously, Just Go to Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e came to be when Mansbach read a highly censored rendition of the original book to his three-year-old daughter, and she recognized herself as the culprit and was delighted. \"We were getting a lot of feedback from parents, saying that their kids loved the book--read in an altered form--because they recognized themselves in the character of the mischievous kid who's winning the bedtime battle, and thought it was hilarious. So we figured we'd do a companion volume that lets kids in on the fun.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Mansbach's novels include \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Jews, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the California Book Award, and the best-selling \u003ci\u003eAngry Black White Boy, \u003c\/i\u003e a \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2005. His fiction and essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eBeliever, Granta, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications. He was the 2010-2011 New Voices Professor of Fiction at Rutgers University.His daughter, Vivien, is three.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRicardo Cort駸 has illustrated books about grass, electricity, the Jamaican bobsled team, and Chinese food. His work has been featured in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, New York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle, \u003c\/i\u003e and on the \u003ci\u003eO'Reilly Factor\u003c\/i\u003e and CNN. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, where he is working on a book about a shark. To see more of his work, visit: Rmcortes.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 11.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 27, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770642825504,"sku":"9781617750786","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5f08d356efe5016fb6a5945a9a6f62c3.webp?v=1780376140","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/seriously-just-go-to-sleep-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}