I heard this author artist talking on the New Yorker magazine's podcast about his work in the CARTOON ISSUE.He talked about this, his first book I think, so I got it from an Amazon seller...I love that Amazon has this network that can get any book any age any where...and enjoyed the illustrations. I don't have kids to read it to any more. But I bet that if they shared my love of New York they would have been amused by this peek into how it looked and felt in the 70's. The illustrations would have mesmerized me back in the days of recreational cannabis but just seemed kind of dated to me now. The comics style reminded me of ZAP COMIX and R.Crumb in his hippy days.