title: 100 Plus Things To Do With Your Grandchildren: A How-To Guide For Grandparents, By Grandparents
author:  Jana Dube Hletko 
description: Jana Dube Hletko and Lynn Zacny Busby became randomly assigned roommates at the University of Illinois in 1965. They have been friends for over 50 years and have shared lengthy phone calls, personal visits, and countless e-mail communications. They have put their accumulated knowledge and grand-parenting expertise in this book to help grandparents develop meaningful relationships... and memories.... with their grandchildren. Jana Hletko has been a creative educator and was the Teacher of the Year for Georgetown County (SC) in 1999-2000 and the Journalism Teacher of the Year (SC) in 2005. She was one of the first teachers in the country to attain certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. She and her husband Paul have three adult children and nine grandchildren. Lynn Busby has been involved in the computer industry for most of her professional career. She has owned her own business and worked for major computer companies. She and her husband Bob have four children and seven grandchildren.
zlib_text: “As the grandparents to six grandkids . . . two of them at a distance, Steve and I found this book both
  inspiring and helpful. Grandparenting at a distance can leave us feeling as if we aren’t enough . . . not
  there enough, not doing enough, not influencing enough. The practical suggestions from Josh
  Mulvihill and Wayne Rice will help long-distance grandparents feel like they have a pathway to
  being long distance, but enough. Great read and excellent help.”
  —Valerie Bell, Awana CEO, and Steve Bell, executive vice president of Willow
  Creek Association
  “Words do not adequately express the joy our grandkids have brought us and the sadness we so often
  feel because they live so far away. This book was a very personal read for me on several levels.
  Every page brought confirmation of our important role as grandparents and every page brought
  practical ideas that we started implementing immediately. Wayne Rice is a treasured friend and
  mentor in my life. I just ordered a box of these books to p