You're listening to All the Backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new.

I am your host for the week, Trisha, and this is episode number 507.5.

So I host this show about once a month, which if you are paying

attention and care, you have probably figured out is true for all of us. And for the last few weeks,

I have been thinking through just for no reason at all, the books on tyranny and authoritarianism

and economic policy that I might be able

to recommend to all of you, you know, because we like to keep things light here at Book Riot.

But as it turns out, this is spring break week for our local elementary schools, our local

school district, and that means that my five and seven-year-old nephews have been spending

a lot of time with me, they've stayed over, and all that fun stuff. and that means that my five and seven-year-old nephews have been spending a lot of time

with me, they've stayed over, and all that fun stuff. It also means that the books that I've been

reading have had nothing to do with, say, Supreme Court decisions, for example. And frankly,

that shift was really good for my brain and for my mental health. And I feel like I should share that sort of book cleanse with all of you,

sort of the equivalent of a timeline cleanse in my reading at least.

So maybe we'll do tyranny and tariffs and whatever next month.

But for now, let's talk about a few books that can offer your brain a little bit of a spring break.

They may have been

written for kids in some cases, but much like a good Pixar film, all of these books will

leave adult readers happy as well. As it turns out, we also watch The Incredibles over the weekend.

It's great. I forgot. Rewatch the Incredibles. But in the meantime, read some books. Let's take a break and I will tell you

which books exactly. Today's episode is brought to you by source books, publishers of I'll

Never Call Him Dad Again by Carolyn Daryon. Now this book comes with a bit of a trigger warning.

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