I did come to really like the score, and had been looking forward to its fun and its challenges. But I can't say the book is all that. Then again, I never read the children's books. I think that as I watched excerpts on YouTube, I was expecting something with a bit of an edge. Not necessarily a Sesame Street-->Avenue Q kind of edge, but...something. Not so in this one. Which is fine, It really is a family piece.