[3] It peaked at number 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in the category for children's picture books.

[6] Following the release of his album Ritualize, rapper Raj Haldar, whose stage name is Lushlife, celebrated with his friends.

[7] Haldar and his friend Chris Carpenter, a software engineer, came up with the idea for the alphabet book.

[9] Maria Russo wrote: "You can curse the English language for its insane spelling rules (or lack thereof), or you can delight in it, as this raucous trip through the odd corners of our alphabet does.

[11] In 2020, the sequel, No Reading Allowed: The Worst Read-Aloud Book Ever (which uses word-play based on homophones, homonyms, and differences of punctuation) was released by Sourcebooks Explore.