Pivotal Books – Romance Writers
Here’s Rita Smith, the curator of the Baldwin Collection of Children’s Literature, to talk about pivotal books that have influenced romance writers.
Helen Levitt’s Children
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Helen-Levitts-Children.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/25/2000 Helen Levitt’s Children Transcript Four girls are walking down the sidewalk, their backs to us. It is summer, and they are dressed in shorts and sundresses. It’s a gritty, stained street. Three of the girls are black, and one is white, but they […]
Faith Ringgold
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Faith-Ringgold.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/24/2000 Faith Ringgold Faith Ringgold is a remarkable African American artist and writer, and Black History Month is a good time for every child to become familiar, if they aren’t already, with her stunning work. Her artistic career began with pictures that drew their […]
W. E. B. duBois
University of Florida professor Jim Haskins shares the story of W. E. B. Du Bois for Black History Month.
Photos as Illustrations
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Photos-as-Illustrations.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/22/2000 Photos as Illustrations Transcript In 1971, in the introduction to The Black Experience in Children’s Books, Augusta Baker wrote, “The depiction of a black person is exceptionally important in books for children. An artist can portray a black child …and make him attractive […]
African American Dick and Jane
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/African-American-Dick-and-Jane.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/18/2000 Dick and Jane Transcript The Dick and Jane readers that most baby boomers and pre-boomers learned their alphabets from first appeared in 1930. The idea was the brainchild of Zerna Sharp, a reading consultant, who thought that children could best learn how to […]
Books for Black History Month
Here’s Linda Lamme with some books she’d like to recommend for Black History Month.
African Lullabies
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/African-Lullabies.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/15/2000 African Lullaby Transcript In the liner notes for her remarkable new CD, African Lullaby, producer Shana Dressler refers this ancient musical form as “love songs for children.” And of course she is right — there is something that calls to the heart of […]
Kids’ Valentines Poems
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Kids-Valentines-Poems.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/14/2000 Kids’ Valentine’s Poems Transcript Several years ago I gave a talk about writing for the children at an elementary school, just a few days after Valentine’s Day. I happened to have my idea book with me, which I showed to them. In it […]