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

Awakened from hibernation when an ill-fitting, gift-wrapped red wool cap falls nearby, Little Hedgehog passes along the present to Rabbit, but somehow ends up with it again by the end of the day.

A tiny minnow wearing a pale blue bowler hat has a thing or two up his fins in this underwater light-on-dark chase scene.

A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddler's caps while he takes a nap under a tree.

When someone's hat blows off in the wind, Turtle asks various animals if it belongs to one of them.

"Some people think hats are fancy things you can buy at a dressy store, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. In this book, acorns and raspberries are snug hats for your fingers, and an empty pudding cup is a good hat for a stuffed bear. Pajama pants make dangly hats, books can be dramatic hats, and bubbles make very fine hats as well (if temporary)"--

When the friend with whom he has enjoyed tea and conversation each day goes off to sea, a talented hat maker devises a creative way to make new friends.

The monkeys steal the peddler's caps while he is asleep.

An adventurous walrus escapes from the zoo and dons a number of different disguises in order to avoid being caught by the zookeeper.

A boy wakes up and discovers that everything he had has disappeared except for his hat, so he sets out to find what is lost and ultimately discovers that the most important thing of all is self.