It's cute, it's funny, and it's as engaging as an alphabet book can be for an adult.

Given Steve Martin's ability to write, most of them are actually really good rhymes and have good meter, which is hard to find in standard children's books. I was amused.

I wanted to hate this book, I really did. But I can't fault it for being well-written poetry with good rhymes, or for having great illustrations.

There's no deus ex machina, contrived kind of stuff here like many children's books have, which is great.