A Dog So Small, by Philippa Pearce. Teddy says that before he had Lopsy, he very much wanted a faithful friend such as a dog. In this book, it’s not the very small dog that gets lost, but Ted says you have to read the book yourself to find out who it is.
A Strange Disappearance, by Anna Katharine Green
Dogger, by Shirley Hughes. Bimbo says this always makes him cry.
King Solomon’s Mines, by Henry Rider Haggard. Sir Henry Curtis is looking for his brother, who has gone missing looking for King Solomon’s gold mines.
Little Bear Lost, by Jane Hissey
Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli
Lost in the Toy Museum, by David Lucas
Nothing, by Mike Inkpen
Peter Pan, by James Matthew Barrie. This is really a play, but there is a book as well. Here’s Wendy with the lost boys, drawn by Alice Bollingbroke Woodward.
The Fairy Doll, by Rumer Godden. Strawberry says she identified with Elizabeth in this book, who is the youngest and not good at anything. The fairy doll enables her to do all kinds of things, but then she goes missing.
The Silver Sword, by Ian Serraillier. Bimbo recommends this, but says that it is very harrowing. Nearly everyone in it is lost, or at least not where they want to be.
The Winter Bear, by Ruth Craft and Erik Blegvad
This is the Bear, by Sarah Hayes. Lopsy’s choice.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler. Monkey’s recommendation
Where are you, Blue Kangaroo? by Emma Chichester Clark
Where’s My Teddy, by Jez Alborough (read by Jez Alborough)