Go The Fuck To Sleep
by Adam Mansbach · first published 2011
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A somewhat different bedtime story is, of course, Go the Fuck to Sleep. Most entertaining is when it is read by Samuel L Jackson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udj-o2m39NA This book came too late for me and my kids ... maybe someday I'll get a chance to read it to my…
on “For Albert Clarke, the Rise of 'Goodnight Moon' Is No Storybook Romance (2000)” ↗http://pbfcomics.com/book/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_the_Fuck_to_Sleep Intro to programming in Python - I don't remember which one though. I think it was one of the O'Reilly ones.
on “Ask HN: What book have you given as a gift?” ↗If you’re talking 6-months old rather than 6 years old, “Go the fuck to sleep” [1] is a good one :) Audiobook version by Samuel L Jackson to boot… Yes, I suspect the book isn’t quite what you’re looking for, but it is actually a very funny (if adult) book, at least the first time…
on “Ask HN: Books you'd love to read to your 6-year-old?” ↗That’s what I’ve been missing in my life. Dagoth Ur reading Go the Fuck to Sleep to my kids.
…information is particularly valuable, or moving, or memorable, it's nice to have something to put on your coffee table or shelf. I would guess that the types of books that fit that description, just like Go the Fuck to Sleep does, are going to be the only books that are still profitably printed a decade from now.
on “How Piracy Made 'Go the Fuck to Sleep' a No. 1 Amazon Best-Seller” ↗They didn't have this book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_the_Fuck_to_Sleep when my kids were young. Even better than the book is Samuel L Jackson narrating it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDGKK6y8OtQ It probably would have been my favorite! Just kidding. Maybe?
on “What's your favorite children's book?” ↗>There are many reasons why Go the Fuck to Sleep deserves to be a best-seller, and probably would have attained that status anyway. No, it wouldn't.
on “How Piracy Made 'Go the Fuck to Sleep' a No. 1 Amazon Best-Seller” ↗I would totally buy that book. Also consider doing a software version of "Go the Fuck to Sleep": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-vDYOpkoWE#t=0m40s Bonus points if you can get Samuel Jackson to narrate it.
on “My children’s book on technology raised 100k within 24 hours – here’s how” ↗https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_the_Fuck_to_Sleep https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1199335.The_Poo_Bomb
on “Ask HN: Best Resources and Books for a Soon-to-Be-Dad?” ↗I think they've been around for a while—parody versions of the books parents were read to as children. I think "Go the Fuck to Sleep" was a a breakout hit, and that probably fueled a lot of this.
on “I Just Sold My 500th Book. If I Was Allowed to Advertise It I'd Be Rich” ↗