A young boy does not want to do what his mother says, such as cleaning his room and not eating ice cream for breakfast. He wants a robot because the robot will do whatever he orders. But it’s realizing that giving orders doesn’t make you happy. That is the lesson of this book. I have read better books. The idea is there but drawn out and not fun. This is a problem because the illustrations are amazingly fun. Their bright, their lively, the emotion is all there on the page. Between the frustrated boy and the exasperated mother, and even the robot just wanting to do this. The illustrations are what really make this book. The story I could take or leave.