One day Mum and Ruby went to the supermarket. At first little Ruby was being helpful. She may not have done every job her mum gave her perfectly, but she tried. That was until her mum put a cake with a pig on it into the shopping trolley, Ruby’s favourite cake. Ruby wanted to hold the cake so her mum let her, then she squeezed the box a little too tightly and the cake fell out. She then wanted to eat the cake, now. Her mum told her no, so she screamed and shouted all the way around the shop, and all the way home, making her mum very cross with her. The book is about Ruby and her mum and Ruby’s bad behaviour. Her mum puts it down to tiredness, and us parent all know what tired toddlers can be like! I was reading further and further into the book, hoping that her mum didn’t let her have the cake after her behaviour. To be honest we will never know as the book ends with Ruby saying sorry and asking for the cake. The book reminds me of a shopping trip with my youngest son when he was about 2 years old. I’d put something in the basket he liked and he wanted it. He was told no, not until we got home, but he yelled and yelled. People were looking at us. Telling him off and reasoning with him didn’t work. In the end, I just ignored him. he made such a fuss that I didn’t even end up buying the item as I told him he was no longer allowed it. He actually never did it again. I’m very lucky in that respect. I think the story is a useful one to show a child how not to behave. I think it would have been better had the book ended with the mum telling her she was no longer allowed the cake after she was very naughty, to show that bad behaviour doesn’t get rewarded, but that is just my opinion. The full-page illustrations are beautiful and the plot was enjoyable. I don’t believe that this book shows bad behaviour in a good light, but rather is a good talking point for an adult to speak to a child about what is happening in the story and for them to communicate how naughty Ruby was being.