i fell in love with steve martin the author before i fell for him as an actor. i didn't grow up watching him on snl or any of his early films so it wasn't until "its complicated" that i discovered how drool worthy he is.
i have read all of his books with the exception of his autobiography which is on my to-read list. so when i stumbled across this children's book i was super excited. but it wasn't that good. i expect wit and just got bizarre.
i mean the greatest line was for w:
as you can see, the illustrations are great it's just that steve did not provide lines to match. also the book had a lot of big words for kids and no real context to help learn them or understand them:
amiable
gravlax
gallant
oboe
kumquat
vainglorious
amibidextrous
good to broaden kids' vocabulary but still did not make the book funnier.
it wasn't even cool in like a meant for adult way either. the only part i found cool or funny was the inside cover:
if the book was as clever as these illustrations, i would have loved it like his others works. but it didn't do will stick to steve martin's adult books.
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