NAU Students Author Inspiring Children’s Book Demystifying Speech Therapy for Young Readers

Not many characters in children’s books go to speech therapy. Ruby Rose does, though, and the message of her book is clear: Speech therapy can be fun! NAU master’s student Taylor Clarkson created Ruby Rose for her undergraduate Honors capstone so children with communication disorders could see themselves in a book. The project also fulfilled her longtime dream of writing and illustrating a children’s book. This fall, Clarkson and fellow speech-language pathology student Guyliliane Kuete publishe