{"product_id":"go-de-rass-to-sleep-a-jamaican-translation-hardcover","title":"Go de Rass to Sleep: (A Jamaican Translation) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Mansbach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRicardo Cort?s\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eKwame Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No matter what the country or the language, parents all over the world--loving, frustrated, exhausted parents--know what Adam Mansbach means. Since 2011, his comically obscene picture book has sold more than 1.5 million copies in dozens of languages from Afrikaans to Japanese to Nynorsk. And later this year, his little book will venture into new territory with a Jamaican patois translation: '\u003cem\u003eGo de R-s to Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e.'\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\/Style Blog\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This version of Adam Mansbach's profane, affectionate, and radically honest book will remind whole new audiences about the absurdities of parenting. Just don't read it to the kids.\" --\u003cem\u003eAdvocate.com\u003c\/em\u003e, The 20 Greatest New Father's Day Gifts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best-selling \u003cem\u003eGo the F*** to Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e has been translated into over thirty languages worldwide. Now it is finally translated for Jamaican and other Caribbean parents of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGo de Rass to Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e 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. Profane, affectionate, and radically honest, California Book Award-winning author Adam Mansbach's verses perfectly capture the familiar--and unspoken--tribulations of putting your little angel down for the night. In the process, they open up a conversation about parenting, granting us permission to admit our frustrations, and laugh at their absurdity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With illustrations by Ricardo Cortés, \u003cem\u003eGo de Rass to Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e is beautiful, subversive, and pants-wettingly funny--a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Mansbach\u003c\/b\u003e's novels include \u003ci\u003eRage Is Back, The 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 is the author of the worldwide best seller \u003ci\u003eGo the F*** to Sleep.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRicardo Cortés\u003c\/b\u003e is best known for illustrating the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling \u003ci\u003eGo the F*** to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e; and the G-rated follow-up, \u003ci\u003eSeriously, Just Go to Sleep.\u003c\/i\u003e Cortés first gained notoriety after his debut, \u003ci\u003eIt's Just a Plant\u003c\/i\u003e--a children's book about marijuana, sparked controversy from \u003ci\u003eThe O'Reilly Factor\u003c\/i\u003e to Capitol Hill. He has illustrated books about electricity, the Jamaican bobsled team, and jury nullification. His work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, New York Post, Village Voice, San Francisco Chronicle, \u003c\/i\u003e and on CNN and FOX News. He lives in Brooklyn, NY. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKwame Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Ghana and raised in Jamaica. He is the author of fourteen books of poetry and many books of fiction, nonfiction, criticism, and drama, including \u003ci\u003eGomer's Song\u003c\/i\u003e; and editor of several anthologies of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eSo Much Things To Say.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKellie Magnus\u003c\/b\u003e is a Jamaican children's book author. Her books are part of the BookStart Jamaica early childhood program given to newborns by the Government of Jamaica as well as the Literacy 123 collection used in Jamaican primary schools. She is also the author of the popular Little Lion series. She serves on the boards of the National Library of Jamaica, the Early Childhood Commission, and the Book Industry Association of Jamaica.\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 6.3 x 8.4 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 June 10, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397396644018,"sku":"9781617752742","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2343dbadcf21faa4a11db894bb08268b.webp?v=1778029949","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/go-de-rass-to-sleep-a-jamaican-translation-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}