Rejecting the idea that she is destined to become a poet, eleven-year-old Emily Elizabeth Davis loses an important family secret hidden in a volume of Emily Dickinson's poems and forges unexpected connections while searching through used-book stores all across town.

Biscuit helps reunite a lost teddy bear with its owner.

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

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

As soon as twelve-year-old Steve Brixton opens a detective office in his backyard, he and his best friend Dana are caught up in a tangle of cases, from breaking up a ring of piratical smugglers, to recovering a stolen surfboard, to tracking down a fifth-grader's missing gym shorts.

During their Alaskan vacation, Frank and Joe Hardy help falconer Kate when her beloved peregrine goes missing.

When she and Molly are ready to go to the fair, Pinkalicious worries that she won't have a good time because she can't seem to find her unicorn, Goldie.

"When a boy's abuela accuses him of being careless with his beloved Bongo, he devises a trap and catches the toy thief red-handed"--

When he looks for his missing blue pencil, a boy enters a strange new world which contains some very familiar objects.

A child and dog search for a lost pet, Mister Kitty, as the child describes what Mister Kitty looks like to the reader.