In America
That’s Kristy Sullivan, who has just used up one of the three wishes she thinks she has in life by safely crossing the Canadian-American border with her family on their way to New York City.
Frankenstein’s Birthday
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Frankensteins-Birthday.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 3/11/2005 Frankenstein’s Birthday Transcript It was March 11, 1818 that Mary Shelley’s macabre masterpiece first rose from the slab. One hundred and eighty-two years later, Frankenstein, or a Modern Prometheus is still very much alive. As a child, my friends and I considered Frankenstein the King […]
To Be and to Have
That’s the sound of young children, quietly working on their penmanship in the 2002 French film, To Be and to Have, directed by Nicholas Philibert, which is available at most video stores.
Keep the Books, Even Though They’re Movies
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Keep-the-Books-Even-Though-Theyre-Movies.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/16/2004 Keep the Books, Even Though They’re Movies Transcript One of the joys of reading any book, especially when we’re children, is that we can imagine how Charlotte the spider speaks, what aromas are filling Middle Earth, the slant of light in Wonderland, or […]
Between the Lines of Animated Films
We don’t usually think about the presence of ideas of race and racial supremacy even in apparently progressive animated movies.
Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival
That’s the opening from The Magic Lion, an animated film by Charles Githinji, from the National Film Board of Canada, which has a long tradition of producing some of the most original animated movies in recent times.
Crockett Johnson and His Purple Crayon
You’re hearing the opening for the Weston Woods animated film version of Crockett Johnson’s well-known 1955 children’s book, Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Lassie
I’d know that Lassie bark anywhere. I must confess from the outset that I am an unabashed, unapologetic, totally loyal Lassie fan.
Paul McCartney, Animated
That’s Paul McCartney describing the plot of Tuesday, the award-winning picture book by David Weisner, which McCartney has transformed into an animated film, set to his own musical score.
Disneyland Opens
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Disneyland-Beginnings.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/15/2004 Disneyland Opens Transcript On July 17, 1955 Walt Disney opened the doors to Disneyland and turned his cartoon world into a three-dimensional experience. Disney’s interest in fantasy takes us to the root of understanding what he was trying to achieve with his theme […]