Over the centuries, many writers have turned their attentions to writing for children. Most found this was not as easy as it might seem at first to be. Many of their works have sunk into obscurity, but the ones who succeeded created masterpieces that stay with us throughout our lives.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Busy-Busy-Richard-Scarry.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/8/2005 Busy, Busy Richard Scarry Transcript One of the most prolific of all creators of children’s books isn’t, as one might guess, J.K. Rowling or Dr. Seuss — but the late American writer/illustrator Richard Scarry. He has published over 300 books, many of which […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Eleanor-Estes-and-the-Moffats.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 5/9/2005 Eleanor Estes Transcript Eleanor Estes, born May 9, 1906, wrote books for children for over 45 years, up to her death in 1988, but it is her early books, particularly those about the Moffat family, published in the early 1940’s, that remain her […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Armstrong-Sperry-Call-it-Courage.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 11/4/2004 Armstrong Sperry’s Call it Courage Transcript When Armstrong Sperry was a boy in Connecticut, he had a grandfather who had been to sea. The grandfather told young Armstrong hair-raising tales about his adventures in the far corners of the world including being shipwrecked […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/illustrator-Lucky-Fitch-Perkins.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/21/2004 Lucy Fitch Perkins Transcript Lucy Fitch Perkins was born in 1865, attended art school at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, taught design and drawing at Pratt Institute and after her marriage and move to Chicago, did free-lance illustration. It wasn’t until 1911, […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/illustrator-Carl-Moon.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/6/2004 Carl Moon Transcript As a young boy growing up in Wilmington, Ohio, Carl Moon loved to read stories about Native Americans of the western United States and when he was still quite young he made up his mind to go West as soon […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/T-S-Eliot-That-Ol-Possum.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 9/23/2004 T. S. Eliot Transcript T. S. Eliot has been called “The greatest literary figure of the English-speaking world in the 20th Century.” He was the recipient of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature and his poem, The Waste Land, is widely considered the most […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/EB-White-No-Bunk.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/12/2004 E.B. White Transcript In the opening minutes of the film version of E. B. White’s first children’s book — Stuart Little ( the prequel to film, Stuart Little 2, that’s in theaters next next week) Mr. and Mrs. Little go to an orphanage and end […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lynn-Ward-and-His-Endless-Stories.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 6/28/2004 Lynd Ward and His Wordless Stories Transcript Lynd Ward, an illustrator of both children’s and adult books, was born in 1905 in Chicago. His father was a Methodist minister. As a baby, he was often sick and when he was a year old, […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Vikram-Seths-Childrens-Books.mp3 Author Malini Roy Air Date 6/15/2004 Vikram Seth’s Children’s Books Transcript One of the most well-known authors to emerge from the happy cultural fusion of East and West is the distinguished Indian novelist and poet Vikram Seth, winner of numerous international literary awards. Author of the critically acclaimed The Golden […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/James-Daugherty.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 6/7/2004 James Daugherty Transcript James Daugherty was already an accomplished artist when he brought his talents to children’s literature. He had studied Baroque art in Europe, painted camouflage on ships in cubist shapes for the Navy during World War I, designed posters and painted […]