Molly's parents try various methods to help her remember her mittens but nothing seems to work.

When Lily discovers a bear in her garden, she mistakenly thinks it is a dog and wants to keep it for her pet.

When she cannot find her favorite stuffed toy, a young girl asks her mother, father, and older sister for help.

When Alfred Crabtree loses his false teeth, he must search for them among his piles upon piles of belongings.

Traction Man, an action figure, teams up with the high-tech but not-so-bright Turbodog to rescue Scrubbing Brush, his missing sidekick, from the terrible underworld of the bin.

A young dog experiences the fear of being lost and the joys of being found when she becomes separated from her owner.

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.

When Michael cannot find his stuffed Monkey Moon at bedtime, he looks all over for him, including under the sofa, behind the chair, and in the toy box.

In turn-of-the-twentieth-century New York City, a shoeshine boy tries to find the owner of a piece of red cloth, venturing up and down fire escapes, back and forth across clotheslines, and into the company of the diverse people who live in the tenement buildings.

Spencer loves books and reads one every night, sometimes aloud, then puts the book back in its place, but one morning his favorite book is missing, and the next day another, each replaced by a different object.