This is a simple tail and I know this is unusual to say for a picture book but it was too short. The elephant has an umbrella and one day it's blown away. The umbrella meets the Tiger but doesn't want to stay with the Tiger. The umbrella meets a bear but doesn't want to stay with the bear either. It goes searching again for the elephant. Once you know why it goes searching for the elephant it makes the story that much sweeter. The illustrations are simply charming and match the story very well. I could see the author making this story longer by having the umbrella meet other characters such as a giraffe. But as it is it's really fun and really enjoyable.