Books like I Lost My Bear
By Jules Feiffer
For the kid who takes a missing stuffed animal as seriously as a five-alarm emergency, this is a story that finally takes the search as seriously as they do. Determined, a little grumpy, quietly triumphant.
An older man and his cat nap far too much, so they join a baseball team with their neighbor and her rowdy dog — but creaky knees and canine chaos threaten every play.
An elderly man gets talked into entering a seniors' marathon by his neighbor, and sets his sights not on winning but on a very specific second-place prize: a train set.
A grandmother with a mountain of yarn and too many grandchildren shouts 'LEAVE ME ALONE!' and sets off past bears, goats, and aliens — all the way to the moon — just to finish her knitting in peace.
Four small animals — a yellow bird, a white dog, an orange fox, and a brown squirrel — each face a little setback in one day, until something good turns things around for all of them.
A history-obsessed girl races to save her town's neglected historical society from the mayor's bulldozers, even dressing as Paul Revere to warn the streets — but the townspeople won't budge.
A boy and his pet fly play hide-and-seek, but when Fly Guy hides in the garbage can, the garbage truck hauls him off to the dump — where zillions of flies look just like him.
A polite bear asks animal after animal whether they've seen his missing hat, and just when he's ready to give up, a deer's simple question jogs his memory.
A man and his dog set out on a peaceful camping trip, but a marshmallow-loving bear sends them plunging down a mountain and racing down a river toward a waterfall.
Two kids stuck inside on a rainy day get an uninvited visitor — a tall cat in a striped hat who promises fun and games while their mother is away.
A small boy runs, jumps, and makes a mess through page after page of trouble, hearing one word from his mom again and again — until he finally gets the hug he needed all along.
A hungry frog and a clever fly face off in six short comic-style chapters, with frog always seeming to win — until fly gets the last word.
