Unbeknownst to its owner, Mrs. Moffat's new red coat loses a brass button, and the button begins a long journey around the neighborhood, from bushes to birds' nests, before it is returned to Mrs. Moffat.
This book could easily be made into a movie. The unexpected way several people and their stories are woven together, by the accidental and unknowing passing of a large brass button, was told beautifully. The illustrations themselves could be called fantastically detailed story boards. Crescent Dragonwagon you need to submit this book to the powers that make movies happen.