One by one, animals in a snowy forest crawl into Nicki's lost white mitten to get warm until the bear sneezes, sending the animals flying up and out of the mitten. On each turn of the page, signature borders inspired by Ukrainian folk art hint at what animal is coming next.

Molly's parents try various methods to help her remember her mittens but nothing seems to work.

Annie searches the neighborhood for her red mitten, the fifth she's lost this winter.

A series of increasingly larger animals manage to squeeze into a lost mitten, until the owner comes back to look for it.

With a warm pair of mittens, Zoey the chicken and Sam the pig head to the North Pole on a snowy day, thanks to their imaginations.

Describes how a lamb's coat is made into yarn, which is made into mittens worn by a little girl when she visits the lamb on the farm.