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/John-Adams-Unbound.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/6/2006 Gilbert Stuart, John Adams, American, 1755 – 1828, c. 1800/1815, oil on canvas, Gift of Mrs. Robert Homans John Adams Unbound Transcript One of our nation’s Founding Fathers, Adams was the son of a colonial farmer who instilled in his son not only […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Talking-with-Peter-Sis.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 11/2/2006 Peter Sis Transcript Recently, Recess correspondent Susan Raab spoke with the McArthur Genius Award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books, Peter Sis, who is familiar to many readers for his books about Galileo, Darwin, and the amazing trip Sis’s father took to Tibet in the […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Dolly-Partons-IMagination-Library.mp3 Author Horacio Sierra Air Date 10/25/2006 Imagination Library Transcript Country music superstar Dolly Parton is best known for her string of hits and super-star media presence, but the singer has been reaching out to another audience these days: a quarter of a million children from the day they are […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Talking-with-MT-Anderson.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 10/19/2006 M. T. Anderson Transcript It’s Teen Read Week, and Recess correspondent Susan Raab spoke with M. T. Anderson, the author of one of the most thought-provoking young adult novels to come out in recent years — Feed — which was a finalist for the National […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-2.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 10/16/2006 Teen Read Week Transcript The American Library Association is “acting up” these days in celebration of Teen Read Week. This year’s theme, “Get Active @ Your Library,” is meant to encourage teens not only to become more frequent library visitors but also to […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-American-Story.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/11/2006 The American Story Transcript You wouldn’t know it today, to judge by all the tourists and traffic, but St. Augustine, Florida, just a short morning’s drive from Gainesville, where we produce these programs, lays claim to the title, First City in America. First […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Phantom-Tollbooth-Turns-45.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 10/5/2006 The Phantom Tollbooth Transcript My introduction to The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster occurred when I was in the sixth grade, after my English teacher recommended the book as “a good read.” Following his suggestion, I accompanied the protagonist, Milo, past the magical tollbooth and […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Happy-Birthday-to-Little-Golden-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/3/2006 Little Golden Books Transcript Early in the 1940’s George Duplaix, head of the Artists and Writers Guild and his assistant, Lucille Ogle, came up with the idea of creating a line of modestly priced full-color children’s books. They mentioned the idea to an […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Talking-with-Kate-diCamillo.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 8/22/2006 Kate DiCamillo Transcript At this year’s Book Expo, Recess correspondent Susan Raab spoke with the award-winning author Kate DiCamillo about her most recent book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Brief Sound Clip
That’s Bluestraveler with the opening from the title song for Dog Train from Sandra Boynton, the best-selling author and illustrator of children’s books, greeting cards, and most recently, the producer of delightfully funny and sophisticated book and music fusions like The Philadelphia Chickens.