About young Livy who comes to stay with her grandmother in Australia. In her wardrobe she finds a strange creature called Bob who tells her she told him to stay in the wardrobe until she came back. That was five long years ago and faithful Bob has stayed put just as she asked. Neither Bob nor Livy know who Bob is or where his family is and the story is all about how they puzzle out how Bob got to Livy's wardrobe and how they get him back where he belongs.