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The mitten string repairing the world, a stitch at a time

Ruthie Tober's family is known for the beautiful, warm mittens they knit so when she and her mother meet a deaf woman and her baby and give them shelter, Ruthie decides to design very special mittens for them.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rosner, Jennifer
Other Authors:	Swarner, Kristina (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Random House, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Mittens > Juvenile fiction. Deaf > Juvenile fiction. People with disabilities > Juvenile fiction. Jews > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Ruthie Tober's family is known for the beautiful, warm mittens they knit so when she and her mother meet a deaf woman and her baby and give them shelter, Ruthie decides to design very special mittens for them.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN:	9780385371186 (jacketed hardcover : alk. paper) 0385371187 (jacketed hardcover : alk. paper) 9780375971860 (library edition : alk. paper) 0375971866 (library edition : alk. paper)
Author Notes:	JENNIFER ROSNER is the author of an adult memoir, If a Tree Falls, her story of raising two deaf daughters in a talking family and a hearing world. The Mitten String was inspired by the story of a deaf ancestor whom she discovered in the course of researching her family tree. She has written for The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, The Jewish Daily Forward, and other publications. Jennifer lives in Western Massachusetts with her family. Visit her at jennifer-rosner.com. KRISTINA SWARNER is an award-winning illustrator of more than a dozen books, among them Gathering Sparks and The Bedtime Sh'ma, both of which won Sydney Taylor Book Awards. Kristina lives in Chicago. Visit her at kristinaswarner.com.