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Check Out New Book “If You Give a Kid a Cookie, Will He Shut the F Up?” [IMAGES]
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Will this children's book for adults achieve the success of Go the F to Sleep?
When I met Adam Mansbach, author of the instantly classic children’s book for adults, “Go the F to Sleep,” I asked him if he planned on doing a follow-up book, like “Eat Your G.D. Vegetables” or “Stop Hitting Your F’ing Brother.” He told me no, that he’d rather not try to repeat his success with some half-hearted attempt at cashing in on the new curse-laden literary genre he’d created. But Mansbach’s unwillingness to sell out hasn’t prevented another set of authors from taking his f*cking great idea and running with it.
Which brings us to the new book, “If You Give a Kid a Cookie, Will He Shut the F Up?,” by Marcy Roznick and Miranda Lemming, out now from St. Martin’s Press. Not only does the book (admittedly) bite Mansbach’s style, it parodies the popular “If You Give a [Blank] a [Blank]” series by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond. In their description of the book, St. Martin’s says, “Before they Go the F**k to Sleep, they need to Shut the F**k Up. If you give a kid a cookie, will he shut the f**k up? That is the question at the heart of this hilarious, deeply honest, profanity-laced book for parents who will do whatever it takes for a moment’s peace.”
When “Go the F to Sleep” was first released, author Amy Sohn wrote an essay for Babble wondering if a woman could get away with writing the same type of book. Now two women have, and it’s even more brash than the original, with references to drunk uncles and – of all things – cockfighting. Check out these images from “If You Give a Kid a Cookie, Will He Shut the F Up?” and let us know what you think about it!
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You can read the rest of the book here, and order from Amazon here. An audio book is forthcoming, to be recorded by Bobcat Goldthwait. In related news, I was just informed yesterday that my video interview with Adam Mansbach will be included in the new e-book version of “Go the F to Sleep.”
So, what do you think? Would you buy “If You Give a Kid a Cookie?”
Do you think these children’s books are any worse?
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Tracy Dockray commented on Oct 26 11 at 1:36 pmHaven’t we all bribed our kids with something sometime or another? Luckily, the result is a little better. Although my husband’s daddy-sitting efforts usually produce the same results, sans jail time.
Shannon commented on Oct 26 11 at 3:48 pmI think this book is a lot less mean-spirited than “Go the F to Sleep”. It was pretty funny.
Blue commented on Oct 28 11 at 1:06 pmOne book like this is funny. A second one, especially so soon after the first one…derivative. (Also, there is something about sleep/bedtime that is particularly inspiring of frustration, so I’m not sure that this one could be as funny…seems more like swearing just as a marketing ploy.) Even “Go the * to Sleep” got old after the first several pages, but at least it started out funny.
Jennifer commented on Oct 28 11 at 6:43 pmIt was written by two men, not two women. They work for The publishing company. Fake names.
Janinabee commented on Jan 17 12 at 2:58 pmThis seems way too mean spirited. Why do we need something like this? Aren’t we celebrating bad behavior enough with all these reality shows? What’s next, T-shirts that proclaim, I CAN’T STAND MY F*CKN’ KID? Enough with this celebration of negativity!
melissa commented on May 01 12 at 7:59 amI loved it….haven’t we all thought this very thing. As a parody I thought it rocked. Made me laugh. Christopher Walken was an awesome choice to have read it. I love books that speak to me directly and this book covers it all. lmao
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