Publisher's summary

Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) rocks this mock bedtime story, capturing a hilarious range of emotions as the voice of a father struggling to get his child to sleep.

Go the F--k 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 blissfully off to dreamland. California Book Award-winning author Adam Mansbach’s profane, affectionate, and radically honest verses perfectly capture the familiar - and unspoken - tribulations of putting your little angel down for the night. In the process, he opens up a conversation about parenting, granting us permission to admit our frustrations and laugh at their absurdity.

Beautiful, subversive, and pants-wettingly funny, Go the F**k to Sleep is a book for parents new, old, and expectant. Due to its explicit language, you probably should not play it for your children.

Feel free to share the link to this page with tired parents and other people who could use a good swear and a laugh.

©2011 Adam Mansbach. Cover Illustration © 2011 Ricardo Cortes. (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Publisher's summary

Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) rocks this mock bedtime story, capturing a hilarious range of emotions as the voice of a father struggling to get his child to sleep.

Go the F--k 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 blissfully off to dreamland. California Book Award-winning author Adam Mansbach’s profane, affectionate, and radically honest verses perfectly capture the familiar - and unspoken - tribulations of putting your little angel down for the night. In the process, he opens up a conversation about parenting, granting us permission to admit our frustrations and laugh at their absurdity.

Beautiful, subversive, and pants-wettingly funny, Go the F**k to Sleep is a book for parents new, old, and expectant. Due to its explicit language, you probably should not play it for your children.

Feel free to share the link to this page with tired parents and other people who could use a good swear and a laugh.

©2011 Adam Mansbach. Cover Illustration © 2011 Ricardo Cortes. (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

About the Performer

Appearing in well over 100 films, Samuel L. Jackson is one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. Jackson’s portrayal of Jules, the philosopher hitman, in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction made an indelible mark on American cinema. In addition to unanimous critical acclaim, he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as well as a Best Supporting Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Jackson can most recently be seen starring alongside Maggie Q in Lionsgate’s The Protégé. Jackson can also be seen reunited with Salma Hayek and Ryan Reynolds for Lionsgate’s The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, the sequel to the 2017 film The Hitman’s Bodyguard. Earlier in 2021, Jackson starred in the newest Saw sequel, Spiral, with Chris Rock and Max Minghella.
In 2020, Jackson was seen in the EPIX docuseries Enslaved, which he also executive produced with LaTanya Richardson Jackson. He also starred opposite Anthony Mackie in the Apple drama The Banker.
Jackson’s career began onstage upon his graduation from Morehouse College in Atlanta with a degree in dramatic arts.

Critic reviews

"Total genius." (Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn, father of two)
"A children's book for grown-ups! I really did laugh out loud - hilarious!" (David Byrne, musician, father of one)
"Finally, someone tells it like it really is. This is no-guilt funny and a godsend!" (Cristina Garcia, author of The Lady Matador's Hotel, mother of one)
"The viral phenomenon comes to audio in this clever adaptation of Mansbach's "children's book for adults." NOT a family-friendly listen, this audio will have you giggling and looking around to see if anyone else heard what just came through the speakers. Samuel L. Jackson, known for his foul-mouthed onscreen characters to begin with, is a perfect choice for such a lovingly irreverent audiobook. The desperation in his voice rises as the child, who is the object of the parental pleading, refuses to cooperate. By the end, both seasoned and expectant parents will be alternating between laughing and cringing at the exasperation in Jackson's tongue-in-cheek narration. The production begins with a casual introduction from Jackson, which appears to act as an apology for what's to come, as if Jackson (and author, producers, etc.) wants to assure the listener not to worry—despite everything, we DO love our children very much. Even when they refuse to go the f--k to sleep." ( AudioFile)

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Samuel L. Jackson

What else needs be said. Samuel L. Jackson is a god amongst men. His performance encapsulates everything I have ever felt when trying to get my daughter to go sleep, but could never say out loud. I am sure that the book is a great read, but his voice performance launches it to Shakespearean heights.

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One regret

This was really funny but I did have one regret: I just wish it was longer. Samuel Jackson does a great job with the narration.

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Get This!

This is F**king awesome! I am sending to my adult children as a gift. Really, 15 words are not needed, this is so funny!

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WOW!

You just have to listen to understand...it's out of the norm and very enjoyable. Good listening.

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Go the F*ck to Sleep, narrated by Samuel L Jackson

Be prepared to laugh yourself silly! Not only is this book hysterical, it also has wonderful story teller in Jackson. I laughed harder the second time I listened to the story because it truly reminds me of when my son was little. Mansbach has written the words every parent has thought at least once!

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ha ha ha ha ha ha

Hysterical !!!! Samuel L Jackson is perfect !! Loved it !!!

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this is F***ing Brilliant!!!

If you have a child, this will strike a chord of truth like very little else... add a soundtrack by the man who can say the F word so that it sounds like poetry and you have one of the best combinations in the world!!

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So FUNNY!

Any parent or grandparent will love this book! Maybe not to be read to a child but adults will love it!!

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Great rendition!

Turns out that I had accidentally purchased the hardcover at The Strand on the day it came out! Loved it then, and Samuel L Jackson is the PERFECT narrator in this case!
Didn't hurt that it was cheap, too.

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Bedtime story for adults

Anyone with children can relate to the growing frustration evidenced in this book. And Samuel L. Jackson is an inspired narrator for this. It really isn't much of a bedtime story, as I was laughing too hard to go to sleep listening to this.

If you are offended by strong language, you probably won't enjoy this, but for any parent who has ever been at the point of begging, "Please, just go to sleep already", and who has refrained from using the type of language in this book, it's a bit of a catharsis.

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