Fairy tale retelling are having a moment, a moment that has extended for, like, millennia, but now the trend feels particularly hot. Host Susan Maguire sat down with librarian and Booklist reviewer Lucy Lockley about what’s behind the fanfare and some titles and authors you should know. Then Audio Editor Heather Booth spoke to an art educator Heather Kostal about how she uses audiobooks in the classroom. Finally, Books for Youth’s Ronny Khuri and I chatted about picture books about poop and other topics. We cover everything!

Here's what we talked about:

Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine

The Kingdom of Sweets, by Erika Johansen

The Swallowed Man, by Edward Carey

A Sorceress Comes to Call, by T. Kingfisher

Alice, by Christina Henry

Horseman, by Christina Henry

Gods of Jade and Shadow, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Wicked, by Gregory Maguire

Mary McMyne

After the Forest, by Kel Woods

Sistersong, by Lucy Holland

Song of the Huntress, by Lucy Holland

Uprooted, by Naomi Novik

The Summer War, by Naomi Novik

The Witch’s Heart, by Genevieve Gornichec

A Spindle Splintered, by Alix E. Harrow

Thief Liar Lady, by D. L. Soria

Hemlock & Silver, by T. Kingfisher

After Happily Ever: An Epic Novel of Midlife Rebellion, by Jennifer Safrey

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, by Heather Fawcett

Crocodile on the Sandbank, by Elizabeth Peters (Ameila Peabody series)

The Maiden and Her Monster, by Maddie Martinez

Cinder House, by Freya Marske

Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance: The Forgotten Founding Mothers of the Fairy Tale and the Stories That They Spun, by Jane Harrington, illustrated by Khoa Le

F*cked Up Fairy Tales: Sinful Cinderellas, Prince Alarmings, and Other Timeless Classics, by Liz Gotauco

The Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, read by David Baker

The Boxcar Children series

The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick, read by Jeff Woodman

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E. L. Konigsburg

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, read by Tatiana Maslany

Murder of a Movie Star, by L. B. Hathaway

Henry Is an Artist, written and illustrated by Justin Worsley

Little Moments in a Big Universe, written and illustrated by Todd Stewart

Max in the Land of Lies, by Adam Gidwitz

Max in the House of Spies, by Adam Gidwitz