A young boy encounters all sorts of cats while searching for the one he lost.

Describes some of the smaller members of the cat family, including the cheetah, puma, and fishing cat.

Describes the characteristics and behavior of such wild cats as the cheetah, ocelot, and jaguar.

Features unusual members of the cat world, including the Turkish swimming cat, Scottish wildcat, and ocelot, and describes important characteristics of the whole group.

Simon the housecat points out that he may not roar like a lion or run fast like a cheetah, but he has many other things in common with the big cats.

Common links are explored between domestic cats and various types of wild cats that inhabit the Earth.

When the Discover Cryptids crew arrives in Arkansas to investigate the Ozark Howler, possibly an escaped exotic big cat, they find themselves in direct competition with a rival television crew for the program Bump in the Night--but when they are examining signs of the monster Gabe falls into the river and is swept away.

At Uncle Linus's house, Cassie and Mike pursue his striped cat Pumpkin through a closet into a variety of different worlds, seeing a tiger, lion, and snow leopard in their natural environments.