GOODNIGHT NANNY-CAM

For readers of GO THE F*CK TO SLEEP, comes a brilliant parody of GOODNIGHT MOON.

When the text of Goodnight Nanny-cam appeared online in the New Yorker’s “Shouts & Murmurs” column, it garnered 100,000 hits and more than 15,000 Facebook likes in a matter of days. Filled with sly references to BPA-free bottles, Baby Einstein DVDs, and toddler tutors, Jen Nessel and Liz Ratner’s send-up of the beloved children’s classic wittily skewers our modern culture of over-parenting. Parodies of Goodnight Moon are always popular, and Goodnight Nanny-cam is a gorgeously illustrated gift that’s guaranteed to have alpha parents everywhere laughing—and cringing—in recognition.

Jen Nessel is a writer and parent in New York City's East Village. She has written for The New York Times, the Yes Men's parody of The New York Times, The Nation, The Daily News, Self Magazine, Lingua Franca, Salon.com, Condé Nast Traveler, and other publications.

Lizzy Ratner is a journalist in New York City. She writes for The Nation magazine, where she is a contributing writer and occasional guest editor. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Observer, where she was formerly a staff writer.