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Is it necessary to talk to children about the Holocaust? Writer Nadia Gerbish answers this question in the affirmative with her book We Live on the Edge of a Volcano. This difficult and skilfully written text will tell children about the tragic page of world history without embellishment, without flirting with readers, but also without trauma.

Some of the heroes of this story will die to give others a chance to live. It is painful, but inevitable. What happened once, we have to tell the next generations so convincingly that they never repeat the mistakes of the past. This is a book about darkness, fear, grief - and about hope and new life, which ultimately triumphs.

The Portal edition is a "quick reference" for parents and teachers.

The uniqueness of the «Portal»books — in a special system that helps adults find the right words to discuss psychological issues with children and to understand the historical context more deeply. For each printed edition, a team of educators, psychologists, and historians has developed detailed backgrounds by QR codes andgame bookmarks containing:

• historical backgrounds - information about the historical period from expert historians
• psychological support - comments from professional psychologists and recommendations for discussing important points and difficult issues
• questions to the text - a system of questions that will help you to work through the text meaningfully and deeply with your child.

The Portal's books are created in a series that form a holistic historical picture for children. There are many tragic pages in world and Ukrainian history that cannot be ignored. However, not everyone can find the words to talk to children about this without special training. You need professional support, an understanding of how to conduct a conversation so as not to traumatise, and answer questions that the child will have many. This is exactly what the Life Goes On series helps parents and teachers to do.

The books in this series address the Holocaust, the Chornobyl tragedy, emigration, post-traumatic stress disorder, loss of home, and others. Through fiction, the writers manage to convey the experiences of the characters, depicting the relevant atmosphere, through the plot and dialogues of the characters, rather than directly describing the tragic circumstances. The work of psychologists with the texts of this particular series is the most delicate among all the Portal's ones, as it is important to weigh every word, every shade of meaning, so as not to hurt or traumatise the children's psyche.

So far, in addition to «We Live on the Edge of a Volcano», this series has released «Apples of War»; The Portal's publication is an interesting storytelling based on a scientifically verified historical background. Your children will become interested in the history and culture of Ukraine and the world without rote learning - in adventures and fascinating stories!