Summary: <p>How many times have you heard the story of Cinderella? Or Beauty and the Beast? Probably dozens. And yet somehow, they never get old. No matter how they're told and re-told, we know good will triumph over evil, our heroine will find love, and everyone will live happily ever after. But why do those stories have so much appeal?</p> <p>Today, we have two fairy tale experts joining us to share their thoughts on why these stories have endured generation after generation: authors Sarah Mlynowski and Garth Nix. Sarah and Garth are two writers who have often fractured, or re-told, fairy tales. Sarah, for her bestselling Whatever After series, and Garth, in his most recent YA novel, <em>Frogkisser!</em>. </p> <p><strong>Additional Resources:</strong></p> <ul> <li>More about the <a href="https://beta.scholastic.com/kids/books/whatever-after/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Whatever After series by Sarah Mlynowski</a> </li> <li>More about <a href="https://store.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchCmd?storeId=11301&langId=-11301&catalogId=16551&krypto=Toc%2B%2FHJLNvsxcCSfbeJJnTh9M%2FfQsXWI2CNWBkMXxmXkul1HMRu8Rj7bh2HgkzZYItva%2BFuUXqnp8rTkJaIb7dtLgZtdq9SjvxRwSoenOXQyV9mmQ7VLXQIqeFZ9JlQZI1CcJTUQmWZgTF0RJBKvPg%3D%3D&ddkey=https%3ASearchCmd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Frogkisser! </em>by Garth Nix</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35358487" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Researchers believe Beauty and the Beast is based on a story that's nearly 4,000 years old</a></li> </ul><p><strong>Guests:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <strong>Sarah Mlynowski </strong>is the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of the Whatever After series, the Magic in Manhattan series, <em>Gimme a Call</em>, and a bunch of other books for tweens and teens, including the Upside-Down Magic series, which she is cowriting with Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins. Originally from Montreal, Sarah now lives in the kingdom of Manhattan with her very own prince charming and their fairy-tale-loving daughter</li> <li> <strong>Garth Nix </strong>is the bestselling, award-winning author of the Old Kingdom series, The Seventh Tower sequence, The Keys to the Kingdom series, Troubletwisters series, and many other fantasy novels for young adults and children, including <em>Frogkisser!</em>. Garth lives in a Sydney beach suburb with his wife and two children.</li> </ul><p><strong>Special thanks:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Music composed by Lucas Elliot Eberl</li> <li>Sound mix and editing by Daniel Jordan and Christopher Johnson</li> <li>Produced by Emily Morrow</li> </ul>
