Mittle's Lost Mitten
The idea: look on, under, in and behind, one place at a time; a pair is two.
Read it
Five nights, one book
Little children love the same story again. Read this one five nights running, with a different job each night.
- listen.
- say the last words.
- make the guess.
- do the 'now you' in the room.
- tell it to a toy.
Who is in this book
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Bà Tư The grandmother who keeps the basket and does the sewing from VầnTots -
Mittle Two hands need two mittens; one alone feels sad from PairTots -
Tí a child of the Green Notices small things; says "again" -
Toppa Look ON top and look UNDER from WhereTots -
Tuckaway Look IN and look BEHIND from WhereTots
Every recurring character has a short tune, so you can tell who is on stage before a word is said. The tunes play only when you tap, and the Reading Access sound switch turns them off.
The Honest Page
Which parts of this story are true, stretched or made up?
True
Stretched
- Things are not always lost in the last place you look. What we simplified: It only feels that way, because you stop looking once you find it.
Made up
- Mittle, Toppa and Tuckaway are made up. Snowmen do not wear mittens.
Corrections
When a book gets something wrong, we fix it and say so here.
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2026-10-07
Was:
Mittle the snowman had one red mitten.Now: Mittle the snowman had one blue mitten.
Mittle's picture has blue mittens; a child looking at the page saw one colour and heard another.
Found by code (form-vs-portrait check) · now guarded by a form vs portrait.
Tell it back
Tell the story to a toy, or to a grown-up. When you have, the grown-up taps the button, and a keepsake from Mittle's Lost Mitten goes on your belt.
On your belt: a keepsake from Mittle's Lost Mitten.
Your belt lives on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Ring the hammer for someone
Pick this book for someone younger. The link carries only the book, and it will wait for them on the Green.