A child’s shopping misadventure is built on repetition and rhyme, with page turns that are sure to provoke eager predictions by child listeners. “I went to the shop to get me a carrot. Oh dear, they gave me … [page turn] a parrot!! Oh dear, look what I got! Do I want that? No, I do NOT!” A menagerie of purchases follows: Instead of a hat, they get a cat; instead of a coat, they receive a goat; and so on. The animal medley mounts until a wriggly pup “chased the bear, that stepped on the snake, that hissed at the goat, that butted the cat, that startled the parrot” and bedlam ensues. A knock at the door admits the adults who brokered the original sales, and who now help to round up their respective creatures before walking off in pairs on the end papers. The patterned text and watercolor illustrations impart an old-fashioned sensibility with timeless appeal.