Mitten String Exhibition A companion to Wombats Are

A companion to Wombats Are Pretty Weird

Image from The Grasshopper and The Ant from Eric Carle's collection of Aesop's Fables

are on the case

on November 18

the front and back endpapers feature scavenger hunts for spring peeper tadpoles

Mitten String Exhibition A companion to Wombats AreAn original Jewish folktale about a girl who knits, a deaf woman, and a piece of blue yarn. When her family invites a deaf woman and her baby to stay, Ruthie, a talented knitter of mittens, wonders how the mother will know if her child wakes in the night. The surprising answer inspires Ruthie to knit a special gift that offers great comfort to mother and baby and to Ruthie herself. With language and imagery reminiscent of stories told long ago, this