“A guaranteed hit for the storytime set, from a team whose talents havent aged a day.”Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The incomparable creative team behind Were Going on a Bear Hunt reunite for a read-aloud comedy of misunderstandings that has all the hallmarks of a classic.

I went to the shop to get me a carrot.
Oh dear! They gave me . . .
. . . a parrot.
Oh dear! Look what I got.
Do I want that? No, I do NOT!

As a hapless boy goes from shop to shop, requesting a series of perfectly reasonable itemsa hat, a coat, a cake, a chairhe finds himself thwarted at every turn, amassing instead a growing menagerie of animals who happily follow him on his errands. Its not until he finally asks for a cup that hes proffered a wriggly creature that solves his dilemma . . . or does it? Adding delicious momentum to Michael Rosens rhymes (and mastery of the page turn) are an expressive crew of animal characters rendered as only Helen Oxenbury can, making for a timeless story guaranteed to beg many repeat readings. Oh dear!