A bear almost gives up his search for his missing hat until he remembers something important.

When Henry finds a hat he is very excited by its possibilities, but becomes worried when he thinks that the hat might belong to someone else.

When Bridget loses the beret that provides her with artistic inspiration like other great artists, she thinks she will never be able to draw again.

A little fish makes off with the hat of a sleeping bigger fish, but his hopes of getting away with the theft may not turn out like he planned.

When Millie cannot afford the very expensive hat that she wants to buy, the owner of the shop comes up with an imaginative solution to her problem.

Having taken over Santa's hat when it blew down into their jungle, the animals are disappointed when he takes it back but consoled with nice surprises from him on Christmas Day.

When a squirrel uses his red hat to mark the spot where he buried an acorn, he sets off a chain of events involving other creatures, each of which finds an unusual use for the chapeau.

Two turtles find a hat that looks good on both of them, but, with fairness in mind, they decide to leave it be, until night falls and one of the turtles changes its mind.

When a crow flies off with her birthday bonnet as she walks to dinner, Madame Chapeau chases the thief through the streets of Paris while admirers offer her replacement hats, but none seem quite right until someone offers a special gift.

When Cordelia Hatmaker's beloved father fails to return from a sea voyage, she is determined not only to find him, but to discover who is using magic to start a war--and why.