# A new book series advances the AAC field

By [Bryce Edwards](/content/author/bryceededwards/index.html)• May 3, 2018

David Beukelman, a leader and preeminent thinker in the growing field of AAC, publishes a key Brookes textbook with Pat Mirenda: **[Augmentative and Alternative Communication](https://products.brookespublishing.com/Augmentative-and-Alternative-Communication-P1194.aspx).** The book grows into a whole series of influential AAC texts that continue to move the field forward.