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/Marjorie-Kinnan-Rawlings-The-Yearling.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/6/2004 The Yearling Transcript The Yearling is the best known book to have come from the pen of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and letters between Rawlings and her editor at Scribner’s, Max Perkins, indicate that what began as a story for children about a boy […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Four-Pictures-by-Emily-Carr-Review-.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/8/2004 Four Pictures by Emily Carr Transcript March is Women’s History Month, and today is International Women’s Day, a holiday in many countries around the world. It should also be in ours, where the events took place, in 1857, that over a century later […]
If you’re a fan of the American cowboy and have been since childhood, you’ll want to lean over the fence and listen to Kevin Shortsleeve.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Agusta-Baker-Storyteller-Supreme.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/23/2004 Augusta Baker Transcript Augusta Baker was an exceptional librarian who made many contributions to the improvement of children’s services during a stellar career that spanned five decades. She began working in 1937 as assistant children’s librarian at the 135th Street Branch of the […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Morrisons-Got-Game.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/17/2004 The Morrisons Got Game Transcript There’s a new series of books out from the Nobel Prize Laureate, Toni Morrison and her son, Slade, with pictures by Pascal LeMaitre. The series is called Who’s Got Game? and each of the three titles that have appeared […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Peter-Siss-The-Tree-of-Life-Book-Review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/12/2004 Peter Sis’ The “Tree of Life” Transcript It’s the birthday this week of the scientist Charles Darwin, who is the subject of a new picture book, The Tree of Life, by Peter Sis (Sees), a recipient this year of one of the prestigious MacArthur […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Intventors-Day-Benjamin-Franklins-Almanac-Book-Review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/10/2004 Inventor’s Day: Benjamin Franklin’s Almanac Transcript Ben Franklin was an American original — a self-taught popular writer, a political and social philosopher, a skilled politician and statesman, an entrepreneur, and, of course, an inventor. It’s Inventor’s Day tomorrow, and there are few other […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Carole-Kings-Rosie.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/6/2004 Valentine to Childhood Transcript It’s the birthday today of Carole King, the Brooklyn-born, singer -songwriter who gave us, with her then husband Gerry Goffin, such hits as “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” “Take Good Care of My Baby,” ” “Up on the […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jules-Verne-An-Interview-with-Jean-Michel-Margot.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/4/2004 On Jules Verne Transcript It’s the birthday this week of the French writer, Jules Verne, who was born in 1828 and who wrote dozens and dozens of novels during the course of his life. He is viewed as one of the inventors of […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/James-Joyce-Childrens-Book-Author-.mp3 Author Lauren Brosnihan Air Date 2/3/2004 James Joyce’s Children’s Book Transcript James Joyce is famous for his gifts as a poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist. In fact, in 2004 Joyceans everywhere will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of one of the most memorable walks in literature — the […]