Jasper, 4 and still learning his letters, loves to browse through this wordless book and tell from the sweetly drawn illustrations the ridiculous story of a clearly emotional mouse having quite the adventure with several sticks and a steep hillside. In the course of conquering the sticks, the mouse makes every letter of the alphabet, in order. The little mouse is a pretty lovable guy. I personally love Jim Arnosky for blessing my son's childhood with this very best alphabet book. A word on the subtitle though: it's not that great as a first alphabet book for infants or toddlers. Kids have to know some letters to catch on, and preschoolers are the right age to get a thrill from realizing there's a second layer to this tale.
22 months - because it's a wordless book the adult is forced to be creative to "read" it with their child. You actually really enjoyed this one. I would describe what the mouse was doing with the sticks (bending them etc) and you would announce what letter he had made. There was always concern when the mouse bumps his head and needs an ice pack.