Book Tells a Shared Tradition of a Grandma and Her Granddaughter

Judy Barnhart returns to the publishing scene with the release of "CHRISTMAS COOKIES are for Any Time You Need Them: Treasured Traditions Can Ease the Pain of Alzheimer's Disease" (published by iUniverse in October 2006). Set for a new marketing campaign, this children's fiction features the special relationship between a grandmother and her granddaughter and the treasured memories they share.

To purchase and know more about the book, readers can visit https://www.amazon.com/CHRISTMAS-COOKIES-Time-Need-Them/dp/0595405606.

"CHRISTMAS COOKIES are for Any Time You Need Them" is the story of a very special tradition established between a grandmother and her granddaughter. Gramby and little Katie would bake and decorate Christmas cookies any time they needed to be comforted or to celebrate an event. As Gramby ages and begins to lose her memory, Katie turns to their beloved tradition to maintain contact with the grandmother she is losing.

"It presents a very warm way in which a grandmother and her granddaughter can build wonderful memories, and it is especially appealing to both old and young people who are experiencing a beloved family member who is now suffering from the loss of memory," Barnhart says, on the book's highlight.

Inspired from her personal experience with her mother who had dementia, Barnhart aims to remind readers of the importance of establishing special traditions with their grandchildren, and the hope and joy that such traditions may bring later in life.

"CHRISTMAS COOKIES are for Any Time You Need Them: Treasured Traditions Can Ease the Pain of Alzheimer's Disease"
By Judy Barnhart
Softcover | 6 x 9in | 52 pages | ISBN 9780595405602
E-Book | 52 pages | ISBN 9780595849253
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the Author
Judy Barnhart holds degrees from The Ohio State University and Florida Atlantic University. She has been an elementary school teacher, guidance counselor, and primary specialist; has taught piano lessons and college-level children's literature. She currently is a reading tutor and grandmother. Most of her teaching career was spent in Highlands County, Florida, but she and her husband now spend part of the year in Holland, Massachusetts, near their daughter and granddaughter. They have loved and lost a son and a second granddaughter.

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