The Condiment Crusade
It’s School Lunch Week, and Barry Stewart Mann has a word to say on behalf of the most taken for granted ingredients on any lunch tray – the condiments.
Banned Books Week
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Banned-Books-Week.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/25/2001 Banned Books Week Transcript This week public libraries around the country are calling attention to the on-going national debate about censorship through their annual Banned Book Week displays of works that have come under attack for their depictions of some aspects of human […]
A Stitch in Time
Did you know it’s National Sewing Month? Shelley Fraser Mickle does, and it’s a stitch.
National School Success Month
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/National-School-Success-Month.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 9/12/2001 National School Success Month Transcript This is National School Success Month, which you would think should come in May when awards are handed out. Certainly that’s what success usually means – receiving awards and certificates for being the best at something. And […]
National Grandparents Day
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Kids-and-Grandparents-an-Activity-Book.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/7/2001 National Grandparents Day Transcript It’s National Grandparents Day this Sunday, and if you’re a grandparent, or you know of one or two who might be looking for a quick course in grandparents lore, then Kids and Grandparents, an Activity Book by Ann Love […]
Grandparents Day
With National Grandparents’ Day coming up this week, Rita Smith has a Rediscovery essay about grandparents of the past.
Labor Day
It’s Labor Day today, and Shelley Fraser Mickle is remembering being a child at a particularly laborious family picnic.
Inventions
It’s National Inventors’ Month, and this has Shelley Fraser Mickle inspired and inventing.
Some New Books About Manners
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/New-Manners-Books-.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/15/2001 Some New Books About Manners Transcript Out of polite respect for National Etiquette Week, we thought wed let you know about some new books dealing with proper conduct for young people. In Harriet Ziefert’s recent picture book, Someday Well Have Very Good Manners, […]
National Etiquette Week
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Manners-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 5/14/2001 National Etiquette Week Transcript How to Be a Lady was written in 1854 and is broader than just an etiquette book since it includes advice on a wide variety of topics. It was written by Harvey Newcomb, who intended it for girls between […]