We had the good fortune on the program to have the regular contributions of the award-winning poet, Lola Haskins, who wrote frequently and powerfully about her own childhood, and the experiences of her young grandchildren. Our programs also touch on such “classic” poets as Edward Lear and Ogden Nash, Mother Goose and Carl Sandburg.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/James-Riley-Orphan-Annie-1.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/29/1999 “Little Orphant Annie” Transcript James Whitcomb Riley was a widely known Indiana poet ofthe late 1800s. He was so popular that in 1915, a year before his death, the National Commissioner of Education ordered that on his birthday, October 7, a Riley poem […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-NYE.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/19/1999 Teen Read Week Transcript We’re talking about some of the things that are happening in the world of children’s culture. One of the areas in which teens seem to be reading and writing more than ever is poetry. A new selection of poems […]
https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Books-That-Last.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/22/1999 Books That Last Transcript This is John Cech for Recess!, and we’re speaking today with Mrs. Delphine Jackson of Gainesville, Florida. She’s the director of the Willie Jackson Youth Foundation and a bookstore for children called The African Violet. I wonder if you could tell about some of the books […]
That’s Jack Prelutsky, whose birthday it is today, with part of his poem, “I am Diggin a Hole in the Ceiling.”