Gary Benfield

A board-certified neonatologist, Dr. Gary cared for seriously ill newborns for 35 years in the Neonatal ICU at Akron Children s Hospital in Akron, Ohio. During that time, he also wrote a weekly medical column, The Baby Beat, for Alliance, Ohio s daily newspaper. After authoring a Series of Five Award-Winning Leaping Larry Picture Books, illustrated by Chris Sharp, Dr. Gary and Chris Sharp have created a groundbreaking series of Tummy Love Prenatal Board Books for parents to read aloud to their babies before they are born.