Breakfast with Grandma Ruthie: A Story for Children Learning about Dementia

Karen Jacobs is an occupational therapist, an ergonomist and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Boston University. She is the proud mom of three children (Laela, Josh & Ariel); and Amma (grandma in Icelandic) to Sophie, Zachary, Liberty and Zane. She loves spending time with her family at Wakonda Pond in New Hampshire. This is Karen's 10th co-authored children's books (How Full is Sophia's Backpack? Three Bakers & a Loon, All Paws in, Otter Awesome, Soaring with Jimmy, Sisters at the Beach, Danny's New Friend, Make New Friends, and A Hand to Hold). Karen can be reached at kjacobs@bu.edu

Samantha Valasek is an occupational therapist at the University of Southern California Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice, where she specializes in primary care and chronic condition prevention and management. She is the proud granddaughter of John & Marylou and Andres y Socorro as well as the grateful daughter of Robert & Rosemary. Her favorite occupations include climbing, hiking, reading, writing, painting, and illustration and she loves all of these things most when she does them with loved ones. This is Samantha's 1st children's book. Samantha can be reached at samanthavalasek@med.usc.edu