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/Jane-Addams-Books-Awards.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/23/2007 Jane Addams Book Awards Transcript Earlier this spring, some deeply purposeful accolades for distinctive children’s books were quietly presented: The Jane Addams Book Awards. The awards are named in honor of the founder of the Hull-House settlement house in Chicago and the first […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-End-_-of-Harry-Potter.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 7/20/2007 The End(?) of Harry Potter Transcript For Harry Potter fans, the biggest day of the year has finally arrived. Beginning at midnight, devoted readers will be poring over Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh (and final) book in the series that J.K. […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Harry-and-the-Potters.mp3 Author Cat Tosenberger Air Date 7/18/2007 Harry and the Potters Transcript The new Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie opened last weekend, but you won’t be hearing this “Phoenix Song” in the film. Brief Sound Clip: It’s from the CD, Harry and the Potters and the Power of Love, […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Dirty-Wow-Wow.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/16/2007 Dirty Wow Wow Transcript Dirty Wow Wow and Other Love Stories, A Tribute to the Threadbare Companions of Childhood. Don’t you love that title? Here’s the premise for this book by Cheryl and Jeffrey Katz. The Katzes are designers, and once at a […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Me-and-Uncle-Romie.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Marissa Noel) Air Date 6/26/2007 Me and Uncle Romie Transcript Romare Bearden is one of this country’s best known artists, and he’s the subject of Claire Hartfield’s new book, Me and Uncle Romie, with pictures by the award-winning illustrator, Jerome LaGarrigue. It takes Uncle Romie […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ryan-and-Jimmy-and-One-Well.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/18/2007 Ryan, Jimmy, and One Well Transcript Summer officially begins this week, but, around the world, the search for water during the hottest months of the year has turned into an exacting, exhausting daily ritual year round. In One Well, The Story of Water on […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Darby.mp3 Author Marissa Noel Air Date 6/11/2007 Darby Transcript In Darby, a historically significant novel for young readers, author Jonathan Scott Fuqua shows us that we must not underestimate the enlightened thinking of children. In this instance, the wise ones are two best friends, 9-year-old Darby Carmichael and Evette Robinson. They […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Meet-Stephanie-Bange.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 5/22/2007 Stephanie Bange Transcript At the American Library Association’s most recent conference, our correspondent Susan Raab spoke with Stephanie Bange, who is chairing the ALA’s new initiative, “Kids @ Libraries.” We join their conversation with Susan’s question about one of the ways that library […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Meet-Candace-Ransom.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 5/15/2007 Meet Candice Ransom Transcript Recess! correspondent Susan Raab spoke recently with the author, Candice Ransom, who has written over a hundred books for young people — from picture books to her own original series of time travel books called The Time Spies, published by Wizards […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/1607-A-New-Look-at-Jamestown.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/8/2007 A New Look at Jamestown Transcript It’s the 400th anniversary this month of the founding of Jamestown, the site of the first English-speaking presence to survive on the coast of the North American continent and eventually to expand inland. The establishment of this […]