A short verse for each month of the year encourages the reader to find objects hidden in the pictures that depict that month's activities, such as ear muffs and pine trees in January, or scooters and a picnic bench in June.
The reader follows three scavengers as they travel through different time periods in history and must try to find them and the items they are collecting for their junk store in the illustrations of places like ancient Egypt, a Viking village, and the American frontier.
Rebus sentences prompt readers to find hidden pumpkins, spiders, bats, and other Halloween objects at school, in the pumpkin patch, and all around the town.
