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    Seriously, You Have to Eat

    By Adam Mansbach and Owen Brozman

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    "Parents and children alike will surely welcome a pause to bond over a shared recognition that their endless battles are not theirs alone--before they get back to them."
    --New York Journal of Books

    "Everything you hoped for and more....Adam Mansbach, the author and Owen Brozman, the illustrator, have definitely hit a chord with parents."
    --Examiner.com

    "A fun title to read aloud and share!"
    --Midwest Book Review

    "This hilarious book goes into the struggle of getting children to eat and how frustrating it is for parents....With the age-old struggle of getting kids to eat, we are certain parents and grandparents alike will love this book!"
    --Budget Earth

    "Just the humor parents needs as they deal with the frustrations of a picky eater!"
    --Parenting Healthy, included in Holiday Gift Guide

    "This is a great gift for a parent because its reality in a funny, humorous way that only a child would get."
    --Emily’s Frugal Tips/Sew Crazy Life, included in Holiday Gift Guide

    "A super fun book that will have readers laughing out loud. Mansbach's quirky, clever humor is unforgettable and absolutely addicting! While Seriously, You Have to Eat is totally kid appropriate, adults will seriously chuckle too."
    --Word Spelunking

    On the heels of the New York Times best seller You Have to F**king Eat (a sequel to the worldwide mega-best seller Go the F**k to Sleep), now comes the version that is entirely appropriate to read to--and with--children. While the message and humor will be similar to the adult version, there will, of course, be no profanity whatsoever.

    Step aside Green Eggs and Ham, there's a new, 21st-century book in town that will compel all finicky children to eat!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAkashic Books
    Release dateSep 14, 2015
    ISBN9781617754111
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    Seriously, You Have to Eat
    Author

    Adam Mansbach

    Adam Mansbach is the author of the instant New York Times bestsellers Go the F**k to Sleep and You Have to F**king Eat, as well as the novels The Dead Run, Rage Is Back, Angry Black White Boy, and The End of the Jews, the winner of the California Book Award. He was the 2009–2011 New Voices Professor of Fiction at Rutgers University, a 2012 Sundance Screenwriting Lab Fellow, a 2013 Berkeley Repertory Theater Writing Fellow, and a 2015 Artist in Residence at Stanford University's Institute for Diversity in the Arts. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, Esquire, and The Believer, and on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. He lives in Berkeley, California.

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    • 5/5
      The audiobook is hilarious just like the first one.
    • 5/5
      Now this was even better then Go the F*@% to Sleep! : ) I think because I related to it more and still battle with my youngest son about eating breakfast, eating healthy, and not waiting until 9:00 pm to decide he's hungry, etc. etc. : )

      Mansbach's books are a definite must read for anyone with kids.
    • 2/5
      Not nearly as good as Go The Fuck To Sleep. I mean, it's tough to hit that level every time...
    • 4/5
      If you have a small child or you babysit one, then you need to get this book. This book with humor talks about the various ways small children do not eat and how parents/guardians/etc... actually handle the situation. It is a good book and the ending is really nice.
    • 4/5
      Adam Mansbach has children....because no person on the planet has this amount of sage, relate-able commiseration as an adult that has tried to feed their cherubic offspring.The direct contrast of adult language to child-like illustrations adds to the hilarity of the proverbial Great Food Battle. I personally, have never had a huge issue with picky eaters but I've certainly wondered, after opening a full lunch pail after school "How the hell are you growing?" and "How are you not passed out on the street?"Fortunately, I can attest that adults will take a sigh of relief when their charges hit the teen years albeit, facing a different set of dietary hurdles and problems. Like when your teens have descended on the kitchen pantry like locusts and only leave behind one small bag of dried split peas and the 5 year old can of powdered wasabi. (That stuff is nuclear lasting)You will find yourself convincing your child in a voice that would make your mother proud, "BBQ Sauce and fridge condiments are not a food group no matter how much you are 'STARRRRVING'". Perhaps the toddler years are designed to offset the grocery bills in the teen years. I'll give Adam Mansbach a few more years for yet another snort-out-loud, brilliant sequel, "Stay Out of the F**king Pantry".Thanks to Akashic Books and Library Thing Early Reviewers for this book in lieu of an honest review.
    • 3/5
      I received a copy of this free from Librarything.comOverall, this book is okay. I thought Mr. Mansbachs first book was hilariously true and better than this one. It seems like he was trying a little too hard to come up with more material here. That's not to say that this book is bad, it just doesn't flow as easily as his "Go the f*** to sleep". There were truths to this book that all parents deal with, but I didn't like the filler parts. My son absolutely LOVES this book. He reads and laughs hysterically. So, I'll give it 3/5. Maybe the next book could be more about the situation and less about animals.
    • 3/5
      A child's book for "parents only" - definitely written out of frustration with a toddler who doesn't eat!
    • 4/5
      Any frustrated parent, and even those of us who don't have kids, can relate to this charming little book. The illustrations are beautiful and I can't wait to hear Samuel L. Jackson narrate this one.
    • 5/5
      I feel that if I had children, this book would be my calling card. It contains everything that parents don't want to say out loud. "You Have to Fucking Eat" is the sequel to the wildly popular "Go the Fuck to Sleep" and follows in the same vein. It's wildly inappropriate, hilarious, and oh so true. Here is a short little excerpt:"Your cute little tummy is rumblingAnd pancakes are your favorite treat.I'm kind of surprised that you suddenly hate them.That's bullshit. Stop lying and eat."Seriously, how can you not love this. It's the best picture book for adults (parents specifically) on the market and is a must buy for Christmas.
    • 4/5
      Any person who has children will likely get a few laughs out of this book and share in the pain of the author who wrote it because they've quite probably experienced very similar thoughts and frustrations when it's time to eat or feed their children. Toddlers and kids can be absolutely impossible when it comes to eating. I really do wonder sometimes how they aren't starving with as often as they refuse to eat. This little picture book with its funny quirky rhymes captures a parent's dilemma perfectly.Good for a quick five minute laugh and probably best given as a gag gift to a parent not when their child is newborn but perhaps when they are about 2-4years old (maybe give it to them at the child's birthday party as a present to the parent. Lol. I know I definitely plan to.
    • 5/5
      This is a rollicking good read. FOR PARENTS ONLY. In the same vein as "Go the Fuck to Sleep" this is a great bit of angst-reliving drama for every parent with a child who refuses to eat. Okay, between the rabbit grumpily chewing a carrot on one of the first few pages, to the leopard looking terribly put out as the baby in the picnic table drops food on his head. ... these illustrations really make this book come alive. And come on, there is a restaurant of wild animals eating very nicely! Hilarity! And don't get me started on the text. Who ever came up with stuff like, "How was school, hon? Whoa, your lunch box is full. / How are you not passed out in the street? / How is it you're smart? How the hell are you growing / When you basically don't fucking eat?" Yep, I think it's a keeper.Oh, and I kept hearing Gilbert Gottfried read this. That's my celebrity audiobook narrator wish.
    • 4/5
      This cracked me up. I don't even have children and I recognize the struggles here. My favorite page was the pancakes.
    • 5/5
      I actually squealed with glee when I saw I had gotten an ER copy of this. Go The F**k to Sleep is one of my favorites, and I've definitely gifted it to various friends of mine who have become new parents. And now I get to read the new one early! I didn't even take off my coat before sitting down and reading it out loud to my (not amused for he was already asleep and snoring) little dog. It was hilarious, and insightful, and delightful, and I will be reading it again soon.
    • 4/5
      The follow-up to Go The F**k to Sleep, this poem uses the animal world as an example of the young happily eating their food while the narrator's child refuses to do the same. The exasperation is palpable. "I hope you know it's super-specialTo go to a restau- Hey, back in your seat.You shitting me? This whole menu's crap to youBut a roll on the floor- that you'll eat?"
    • 3/5
      You Have to Fucking Eat By Adam Mansbach is a follow-up to his first book, Go the Fuck to Sleep. In my opinion the first book was more humorous. Both books offer many examples of behavior any parent has experienced. While I never instructed my son to sleep or eat in an expletive laced dialogue I can, definitely, relate.Obviously this is a book for adults and is inappropriate to read to a child. I state that because I have read a few comments where people are appalled at this “children’s” book. Anyone who has reared a child knows the frustration of dinner time at one time or another. Since reading this latest work of Adam Mansbach I have learned there is an audio version read by Bryan Cranston. His previous book, Go the Fuck to Sleep, is read by Samuel Jackson.I give this book a 3 ½ for crude humor but once you’ve read it you won’t read it again. Obviously not a classic, just an amusing foray for parents with picky eaters.
    • 5/5
      DISCLAIMER: This is a review of an audiobook.Adam Mansbach’s poem “You Have to Fucking Eat” is a cathartic ode to so many parents who are so damn exhausted trying to make their little ones eat normal meals at normal times. I absolutely loved this grown-up poem because it is hilariously accurate and, even in its explicit version, it somehow still manages to sound cute. And the best part yet: it’s brilliantly narrated by Bryan Cranston, better known to many as Heisenberg from “Breaking Bad.” Honestly, I like this poem even better than Mansbach’s preceding international bestseller “Go the Fuck to Sleep” and I prefer Cranston’s narration over Samuel L. Jackson’s (Jackson was the voice for the first book).VERDICT: 5 out of 5
    • 5/5
      √ "I'm pretty sure you're malnourished and scurvied."

      Wait--is "scurvied" even a word? Well it is in the bizzarre, funny world of Adam Mansbach and Owen Brozman. Thus moans the frustrated dad, after tucking his little girl into bed. And after letting her talk him into a pancake for dinner. And earlier, the little girl insists on eating the roll that fell on the floor. Of course, she brought her lunch pall back home, with all the food in it uneaten.

      This is one funny book! All parents have suffered through the frustration of trying to get their kids to just EAT! Of course, we didn't say any bad words at all in front of our little ones.

      Naturally, this is most definitely NOT a book to read to your little kids, even if the artwork is funny. (I liked the platypus illustration best.)

      Besides, our kids probably wouldn't find it too funny. Plus, they would be too busy eating the roll that fell on the floor.

      Review copy courtesy of Edelweiss Distributors.