One fine summer evening, a hungry bear decides that he would like to taste a piece of the moon and builds a rocketship to get there.

As he searches for a new home, Mousekin, the whitefoot mouse, learns how many forest creatures spend the winter.

Records the author's journeys on fishing boats in waters of the world from the North Sea to the North Atlantic and describes the various kinds of fishing boats and the daily lives of the people who live on them.