ALT A copy of Special Topics in Being a Parent by S. Bear Bergman, illustrated by Saul Freedman-Lawson. The cover includes the subtitle, A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I’ve Learned About Parenting, Mostly the Hard Way. Behind the text are drawn illustrations of families in all different shapes and sizes.

ALT Text on the page reads, "More effective preparation for parenting would have been going to Grand Central Terminal with an heirloom vase in one hand and trying to apply shoes to an octopus while a team of middle schoolers threw tennis balls at my head and a countdown clock screamed the time at me every five seconds." Most of the page contains a delightful illustration of this situation, including an octopus perched atop a sculpture and the author looking bewildered.

ALT An illustrated page depicting a parenting situation described in the text: "However, I have considerably developed my ability to imagine what a patient person would do and to do that." The parent first thinks, then says: "Friend, you can continue this concert either outside or in fifteen minutes." "Because it turns out that what I actually do matters a lot more than what I first consider doing, and I am also more able to turn down the self-flagellating inner voice telling me I'm an awful parent because my first impulse isn't my best one -- both abilities that are pretty much exactly what I want for my children as well."

ALT A illustrated pamphlet presenting: Vacation Rules, a collaborative project by j wallace skelton, S. Bear Bergman, Shir Bergman, and Solomon Bergman. So far, these rules have held up on many, many kinds of trips, and we offer them in the hope that you might also find them useful. 1. Stay together. 2. Don't fall in a hole. 3. Don't lick anything. 4. Check in before leaving the room. 5. Regular dessert rules do not apply. 6. Regular kicking rules do. 7. Ask after coffee.