Ellen Galinsky’s “The Breakthrough Years: A New Scientific Framework for Raising Thriving Teens” includes some welcome news for parents of adolescents. According to Ms. Galinsky’s data ...

Our Take: Adapted by Oskar Söderlund from a book by Anna Bodin and Peter Sjölund, The Breakthrough attempts to encapsulate a 16-year investigation in 4 relatively short episodes.

Siddika Angle, Berkeley, Calif.: Among the first books I loved as a small girl was the “The Five Little Peppers” series. They were very poor and then were taken up by a rich family.

This cover image released by Plume shows “The Spice Must Flow: The Story of Dune from Cult Novels to Visionary Sci-fi Movies” by Ryann Britt.