Taking his grandmother some food, the little boy takes the shortcut to her house, like his mother advised against. He meets several needy children along the way but continues on in a hurry to see do his job and return home in hopes of seeing his father. He wonders if he'll make it to his grandmothers and if he'll see his father at all.

This book is about a boy who has to take some cake to his grandma. The boys mother told him to not go the short way through the forest but he decided to go that way anyway cause it would get him to his grandma's house quicker. He saw many odd characters on his adventure through the forest. He ran to his grandma's house thinking someone was behind him the whole time. As it turns out, someone was behind him and it was his dad. They all sat at his grandma's house and ate cake and then the boy and his dad went home.

This book is about a young boy who misses his Dad. He hasn't seen his Dad for a couple of days. The boys Mother wanted him to take a cake to Grandma. She told him to not go the short way through the forrest and to go the long way. He decided to go the short way to get to Grandma quicker to see if Dad came home. He ran into many odd people through the forrest. He hurried to grandmas and was nervous that someone was following him. He saw Grandma in the bed and then Dad was behind him. He was excited to see Dad and Grandma. They ate cake together then left to go home. The Mom was waiting at home with opened arms. ( )

A boy is asked by his mom to take some cake to his sick grandma right after his father disappeared. He chooses to go through the forest where he would get there faster disobeying his mother. The story goes very similar to Little Red Riding Hood. However as the boy goes into the forest he faces surprises related with the characters of other classics such as Jack and the beanstalk and Goldilocks. A mixture of pencil and watercolor purposefully chosen by Browne to expose the boy’s wrong path – in pencil, and then as he gets to his grandma, to a known place – watercolor, providing suspense and a sense of familiarity as he walks throughout the forest.