{"product_id":"seriously-just-go-to-sleep","title":"Seriously, Just Go to Sleep","description":"\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 Cortés 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 Cortés'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","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62104812552562,"sku":"BS-R4W-750786","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2972\/2226\/files\/9781617750786-HD.jpg?v=1784742876","url":"https:\/\/www.novelpanel.com\/products\/seriously-just-go-to-sleep","provider":"Novel Panel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}