With the help of the reader, two detectives search for the letters of the alphabet.

Introduces the alphabet, counting, shapes and sizes, colors, parts of the body, months of the year, manners, nursery rhymes, and more.

Presents five brief stories in which the baker makes a loaf of talking bread, Mr. Fixit is finally stumped, Mr. Rabbit learns the consequences of absent-mindedness, three sitters make fudge, and Tanglefoot takes a spill.

Whenever the criminals strike, Scarry's two endearing animal sleuths are ready to go--and in this treasury they're out to catch some pie thieves, nab a supermarket shoplifter who finds an ingenious way to sneak out his goodies, and seize bad guys.