Lots of great ideas for all ages, but broken down well for children and includes some of the paper supplies for some activities. 

This covers a lot of topics around death. This is one to work through more slowly or as the topic comes up, as each section includes a decent amount of text. It also includes lots of ideas of how to remember loved ones.

This story goes through why we might feel grief and what we can do about it. Simple but effective. Includes activities for the kids as well and resources for parents. 

This was such an interesting experience. While I knew more about psychoanalysis than the average person, I am far from an expert. So, I watched a conference pannel and a couple of interviews before reading this, which was very helpful. This is a really important perspective within the community of psychoanalysts and at least being aware of what is going on there is really relevant to the anti-trans movement we are seeing in multiple countries. I also think that while a lot of the details are particular to psychoanalysis, much of this is actually relevant to psychologists at large and other people who work directly with trans people (be it social workers, educators, etc.) I may revisit this after learning more as well (I was very in it, but unfortunately had a family crisis, then came back to it, so many of my thoughts have been lost to the brain-as-swiss-cheese stages of greif. So perhaps later, I can articulate more). So while I wouldn't recommend this for the casual reader, I would definitely recommend it to people who have this in their wheelhouse or are willing to branch out to it. 

This is an incredible, harrowing but measured story of the author's experience growing up in an abusive household with a religious mommy vlogger who managed to take a turn for the worst. She tells of so many aspects of her story in a balanced and well-paced way while also being cautious of her siblings' privacy. 

It also talks about the aftermath of trauma and how impacts how people act in different ways. She describes how she learned about trauma and the important role that processing it was; explaining fawning; and the ways that different traumatic experiences can impact each other, including discussing her experience in an abusive relationship with an older man shortly after turning 18. She also discusses how even her mother's actions are in part a trauma coping mechanism, discussing NPD in a thoughtful, compassionate way. 

Stories like these are so important. There are aspects to take away from this in terms of internet privacy and vlogging with children, and also high control religions. I was thinking a lot during this about Jill Duggar's and Britney Spears's memoirs, both speaking to children's privacy and trauma, and the former also discussing religion. Shari's story is her own and unique, but unfortunately the horrors in the details are more indicative of larger problems in society that need to be resolved. 

Cute art and sweet. Interesting premise, but it is way too fast paced (even by sapphic relationship standards), clunky, and part of the story remains unresolved. I wasn't mad at the time I spent with it, but it needs to be more developed.

This was so cute! With romance novellas, I often have to suspend certain expectations and be okay with things feeling rushed and writing that's a little awkward. But I did not need any of that for this story (save for the amount they used each others names). This did such a good job setting up the background of this slow burn relationship that it felt perfect. I am also in love with how *gay* this was. I mean, it's butch4butch and set in a gay bar with a Brandi Carlisle song as the title, but there were details of how they interacted and were as people that were just so... butch, so dykey, I'm just completely obsessed. 

I could say so much more, like about how it's cool to read about older characters (especially older, thriving gay characters), or how present the setting is. There is just so much I love about this. It looks like I stared with book 3 (I'm assuming that won't affect much since they're all about different characters), so I am stoked to read the other two (and everything else Anita Kelly has out)

These brief overview of America at War from its inception until 2003 is a great starting place to understanding the US military industrial complex and with it's exhaustive citations, it easily leads to to being able to look further. It doesn't aim to cover each war in great depth or mark every single US conflict, but rather to outline this (continually growing) issue of the US and war.