Ruby is a little girl who feels SO big. She definitely has an imagination as she narrates her own story and explains how she has twins, her own talk show, and a bully named Bratty Hatty. Ruby decides to not let these mean neighbors get her down so she decides to get a sitter and go shopping. (In actuality she doesn't have any kids, she is probably 9 or 10 years old with a big imagination). So on her shopping trip she buys a bird and names him Bubbles! This is her bestfriend. Mean Bratty Hatty makes fun of Ruby and her bird Bubbles because he can't fly. However, Ruby reads through a bird book and realizes that not all birds like to fly...for example, ostrich's or penguins!) Ruby loves her best friend Bubbles and doesn't care that he doesn't fly, she loves him just the way he is!
Ruby's character does a great job of not letting this bully get to her, and she shows Bratty Hatty that she doesn't have the time of day for her! I think this was such a cute book that could be used in a classroom full of little kindergarteners, first or second graders. At that age, kids are trying to figure out how to develop friendships and sometimes it takes having a doll or a bird as a friend to build that confidence up. This also teaches a good lesson about being nice to people. At the very end Bratty Hatty and her friend get pooped on by birds, and that goes to show, if you are not nice to others, someday another person may not be nice to you!
How the characters were illustrated really demonstrated each characters persona in this book. Ruby had such an imagination and she wore these wings that you could see she had made herself. As for Bratty Hatty and her friend Mean Maureen, their shirts said "Who Cares" and "Bug Off". The story was cute, and I think little kids would enjoy it and maybe even learn a good message too!
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