While Little Hedgehog babysits his cousin, with help from his forest friends, Baby's favorite blanket brings them some misadventures but later saves the day.
Presents three stories by Kevin Henkes, including the title work in which Chrysanthemum becomes the victim of teasing at school because of her unusual name.
Holding tightly to his old bit of blanket as he attends his first birthday party, Alfie finds a way to be helpful, but it means putting down his blanket first.
When a shy boy who is dependent on his blanket awakes one night to find it gone, he pursues the wicked thief to his lair, where he frees many other blankets, teddy bears, and toys and becomes a hero.
The creatures sewn onto Snuggle Piggy's magic blanket, who come alive at night and dance with him in the moonlight, are endangered one stormy night when the blanket is left outdoors after being washed.
Attached to the blanket she carries everywhere, Susi must decide what to do with it on her first day in kindergarten since her mother insists she shouldn't take it with her.
After helping to knit and sew together the squares of a blanket to be sent to a country at war, Josie dreams of what life is like for the girl who will receive the blanket as a gift from Josie's class.