Someone once said that a good writer, whether for children or adults, has one story, which s/he keeps telling in various disguised ways; the fantastic writer has two stories; and the genius has three. Shakespeare, for example, could write tragedies, comedies, and histories with equal brilliance. In the world of children’s books, you can count the geniuses on one hand. In the pieces in this section, we write about them all – the good writers, the terrific writers, and, yes, those geniuses.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-for-Kids.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/19/2005 Who Moved My Cheese for Kids Transcript I’ve been thinking about the meaning of cheese today. Not the gouda and brie and swiss that may be in our refrigerators, but metaphoric cheese. Allegorical cheese. Life-lesson cheese. It all started when someone recently gave […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Erma-Bombeck-For-Young-People.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 9/13/2005 40 Years of Erma Bombeck Transcript Even as a bored eleven-year-old stuck in the backseat of the car, I could not resist opening the pages of Erma Bombeck’s When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It’s Time to Go Home. Sure, it was my […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/David-Shannons-Alice-the-Fairy.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 8/31/2005 David Shannon’s Alice the Fairy Transcript In her final interview from this year’s Book Expo, Susan Raab spoke with the award-winning author/illustrator David Shannon, who’s given us such picture books about the extraordinary, ordinary lives of young children as Oops!, David Gets in Trouble, and A […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Pam-Munos-Ryans-Becoming-Naomi-Leon.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 8/25/2005 Pam Muñoz Ryan Transcript Susan Raab continues her interviews with children’s book writers and illustrators at this year’s Book Expo in New York by visiting with the novelist Pam Muñoz Ryan who reads from the opening chapter of her book, Becoming Naomi León, about […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Samuel-Griswold-Goodrich-and-Peter-Parley.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 8/18/2005 Samuel Griswold Goodrich Transcript Samuel Goodrich, a 19th century children’s author and publisher, was the creator of the popular children’s literature persona, Peter Parley. As a youngster, Goodrich enjoyed nursery rhymes and fairy tales like “Puss in Boots” and “Jack the Giant Killer,” […]
Today, Recess! correspondent Terry Harpold is speaking with Walter James Miller.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Henry-Winklers-Hank-Zipser.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 8/15/2005 Henry Winkler and Hank Zipzer Transcript As part of our continuing series this month of readings and conversations with children’s book authors and illustrators from this year’s Book Expo, Susan Raab spoke with Henry Winkler, on the floor of the convention center, about […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/From-The-Spiderwick-Chronicles.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 8/10/2005 The Spiderwick Chronicles Transcript We’re at Book Expo this month, with Recess! correspondent Susan Raab, visiting children’s book authors Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi. The noise of the convention hall will disappear as you listen to them read this exciting segment from the second book, The […]
This description of reconciliation comes from Kate DiCamillo’s novel The Tale of Despereaux, winner of the 2004 John Newbery Medal, but the sentiment is shared by all of those who participate in International Forgiveness Day, which is held each year on the first Sunday of August.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Barking-Through-the-Dog-Days-with-Books.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/3/2005 Barking Through the Dog Days Transcript It’s the “dog days” of summer, that are named for Sirius, the dog star, one of the brightest stars in the heavens at this time of year. But I suspect the dog days are also referring to […]