Edited by David Farland. Galaxy Press, $16 trade paper (496p) ISBN 978-1-61986-502-0
The 32nd installment of the Writers of the Future contest, a showcase for new and exceptional speculative fiction and artwork, is an engaging mix of thought-provoking and inventive stories, accompanied by equally impressive illustrations. Several of
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Mike Brooks and Jon Lasser. Oxford Univ., $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-19-066529-6
Educational psychologists Brooks and Lasser have created a serviceable, if less than timely, handbook showing families how to get the best from technology while minimizing its negative effects. Their Tech Happy Life model, with its color-coded...
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Jon Lasser and Sage Foster-Lasser, illus. by Christopher Lyles. Magination, $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4338-2331-2
Creating and caring for a garden serves as an apt metaphor for self-care in this sensitive story from the father-daughter team of Lasser and Foster-Lasser. Kiko, a girl with a black bob, explains how she “grow[s] happiness by making good choices”...
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Jon Lasser and Sage Foster-Lasser, illus. by Christopher Lyles. Magination, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4338-3050-1
In their follow-up to Grow Happy and Grow Grateful, the father-daughter authorial team shares Kiko the gardener’s journey to fostering kindness. Bob-haired Kiko sees her garden’s plentiful harvest (“tomatoes and potatoes, radishes and roses,...
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