‘Bernie’s Mitten Maker’ honored with new award [Video]

NEW HONORS FOR A VERMONT AUTHOR — WHO JUST WON A BIG AWARD FOR HER BOOK. <##PAUSE FOR NATS> <“SOMEWHERE, IN A LITTLE CORNER OF VERMONT, THERE WAS A TEACHER TELLING EVERYONE THAT WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED, MORE MONEY DOESN’T MAKE YOU MORE HAPPY.”> THAT’S JEN ELLIS OF ESSEX JUNCTION, READING FROM HER MEMOIRS, “BERNIE’S MITTEN MAKER.” THE BOOK JUST WON A SILVER MEDAL IN THE NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS, WHICH CELEBRATE WORK THAT EMBRACES GREEN LIVING, SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELLNESS, AND MORE. YOU’LL REMEMBER HOW ELLIS WAS THRUST INTO THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT ON INAUGURATION DAY IN 2021, WHEN SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS WORE THE VERY PRACTICAL AND VERY VERMONTY HAND-CRAFTED MITTENS ELLIS GAVE HIM. HER BOOK FROM “GREEN WRITERS PRESS” GOES FAR BEYOND THE MITTENS THOUGH… TO TOUCH ON HER EXPERIENCE AS A TEACHER DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE DIFFICULT JOURNEY TO BECOME A MOM, EXPERIENCES SHE AND HER …