Credits

Dedicated to all burn survivors, their families and those who support them.

For Rick, who encouraged me to write, and for Kathy, who gave me the opportunity.-L.H.

Special thanks to:
Carlton Ammons
Lori Brown
Matt Clayton, MD
Anne Dimock
The Engel Family
Kirby Puckett
Sarah Stehly
Lynn Solem, MD and David Ahrenholz, MD
Regions Hospital Burn Center Staff
Julie Weier
Project educator: Kathleen J. Schwartz, OTR
Written by: Laura Hanson
Illustrated by: Susan H. Clayton

A Baseball for Ben was created from original line art, digitized with an Apple ColorOne scanner and converted to PostScript™ using Adobe Streamline. The layout was completed in Adobe Illustrator. The body text typeface is Optima, with additional notes in Adobe Garamond and ITC Newtext.

Text© by Regions Hospital Foundation
Illustrations© by Regions Hospital Foundation
Published in 1995 by Regions Hospital Foundation, 640 Jackson Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Regions Hospital Foundation

A Baseball for Ben: a story of friendship and change/Laura Hanson & Kathleen J. Schwartz;
Illustrated by Susan H. Clayton

Summary: A Baseball for Ben, details a child's journey back to school following a facial burn injury. The story explores the special relationship of two boys who must now deal with the reality that one of them looks different than he did before.
95-92848
ISBN # 0-9629302-5-3
[1. Burns-Fiction. 2. Face mask-Fiction.]

A Baseball for Ben is the collaborative effort of a group of individuals who have a great deal of empathy for the unique challenges faced by child burn survivors.

Laura Hanson is a free-lance writer who lives with her husband, Rick, and son, Garrett, in Minneapolis. She has a BA degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. After working several years in public relations and corporate communications, Laura is delighted to finally pursue creative projects of personal interest. This is her first children's book.

Susan Clayton and her husband, Matt, reside in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. She is a full-time mom to Austin and Andy. Ms. Clayton graduated from the University of St. Thomas with a degree in American Art and History. "A Baseball for Ben" is Susan's first effort at illustration and layout of a children's book.

Kathleen Schwartz, OTR, has been a therapist with the Burn Center at Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, for several years, and often assists child burn survivors with their re-entry into school and community following a burn injury. Ms. Schwartz graduated from the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul and has spent the majority of her career in burn care. Kathy and her husband, Nick, have a son, Calvin.

Funding for A Baseball for Ben was provided by generous contributions from Sarah Stehly and Steven, Patty, Justin and Jamie Engel.