Ayoungelephantisonthecasetofindthemiscellaneousobjectstheiranimalneighborshavelostinthisplayfulandwhimsicalhumdingerofapicturebook.Littleelephant’sparentcan’tquiterememberthenameofthethingthey’velost,buttheyneeditback!Whileonthehuntforthemisplacedthingamajig,littleelephantdiscoversotheranimalsaremissingthingsaswell.Snail’shoo-pull-dee-pewpforstayingsafefromthesunhasdisappeared.Sohassquirrel’sshis-mooforcarryingacorns.Andalltheladybugsaremissingtheha-beeja-beetheyuseforatable.Isthereathiefontheloose--oristhereasimplerexplanationforwhereallthesedifferentdoohickeyshavegone?Backmatterpagesexplainthearound-the-worldoriginsofeachnonsensewordappearinginthestory.
