A little girl discovers a lost kitten.

A growing crowd searches all around the family farm for the missing Louella Mae.

Rumpus Ridge, Wisconsin, is proud to have the biggest ball of string in the world, so when they lose their treasure to a nearby town they devise a clever plan to get it back.

Best friends Harry and Doug must find their teacher's missing diamond in time for the class talent show.

Penny feels guilty after taking a beautiful blue marble that she sees in Mrs. Goodwin's grass, but gets a pleasant surprise when she goes to return it the next day.

A trip to the laundromat leads to a momentous occasion when Trixie, too young to speak words, realizes that something important is missing and struggles to explain the problem to her father. Using a combination of muted black-and-white photographs and expressive illustrations, this book tells a true-to-life tale about what happens when Daddy's in charge and things go terribly, hilariously wrong.

Invites young readers to identify shapes while helping a small girl search the fair for her pet monster.

When Mary cannot find her favorite hat, she asks one animal after another, but no one has seen it.

"Harriet Wermer investigates more mysteries during her stay on Marble Island"--

When pets go missing in Blue River Creek it is up to Ada to follow the scientific method by making a hypothesis, collecting data, and experimenting to find the missing animals.