St. Nicholas League, First Kids’ Club

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/St-Nicholas-League-First-Kids-Club.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 11/21/2002 St. Nicholas League, First Kids’ Club Transcript St. Nicholas was a popular American juvenile periodical that was issued monthly from November 1873 through March 1940. Throughout its history, various departments were established and abolished: The column “Curiosity Shop” for example, focused attention on […]

Careers of Daring and Danger

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Careers-of-Daring-and-Danger.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/22/2001 Careers of Daring and Danger Transcript The October, 1901, issue of St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls contained the last installment of a series entitled “Careers of Danger and Daring.” By demonstrating the courage and tenacity of such people as firemen and […]

Teen INK

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-TeenInk.mp3 Author Rosie Russo Air Date 10/18/2001 Teen INK Transcript Whether it’s Teen Read Week or a week during summer vacation when it’s rained every day and there is nothing – absolutely nothing – (well except maybe washing dishes, vacuuming, laundry and changing the kitty litter boxes – you know, […]

Kate Douglas Wiggin

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Kate-Douglas-Wiggin.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/27/2001 Kate Douglas Wiggin Transcript Toward the end of her life, Kate Douglas Wiggin was named by the San Francisco Examiner as one of the six most distinguished women in the world. She had distinguished herself in two ways: first as a woman who […]

Martha Stewart Kids

John Cech reviews Martha Stewart’s new magazine for kids and parents.

Two Magazines for Girls

The holidays are upon us, and Koren Stembridge has a recommendation for a gift for the teen girls in your life: a magazine subscription.

Purloined Christmas

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Purloined-Christmas.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/18/2000 Purloined Christmas Transcript Here’s Rita Smith with a story about something that went missing one Christmas. Casting about for an interesting children’s Christmas story, I found one in the December 1897 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine for Children that gives new meaning to […]

St. Nicholas in May

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Saint-Nicholas.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 5/23/2000 St. Nicholas in May Transcript St. Nicholas was a popular American juvenile periodical that was issued monthly from November 1873 through March 1940. The May, 1900, issue opens with an essay by Theodore Roosevelt entitled, “What We Can Expect of the American Boy?” […]

St. Nicholas in April

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/St-Nicholas.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/5/2000 St. Nicholas in April Transcript Here’s Rita Smith with a Rediscovery. St. Nicholas was a popular American juvenile periodical that was issued monthly from November 1873 through March 1940. It contained fiction and non-fiction articles, as well as poetry, letters, and puzzles. Many […]

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