Pablo Picasso famously said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” Perhaps that can be done by taking children to art museums, showing them great art, and, most importantly, giving children the space, the materials, and the encouragement to make their own art.
- Olee, Olee, Ocean Free
August 31, 2007
“Olee, Olee, Ocean Free!” Remember that magic cry when you ran to touch home at the end of a tag, at the end of recess? Well, in a way, that’s what we’re doing today. We’re taking a recess from Recess! after eight ... - E. L. Konigsburg
August 30, 2007
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/EL-Konigsburg.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 8/30/2007 E. L. Konigsburg Transcript At the recent Book Expo, Recess! correspondent Susan Raab spoke with the distinguished author of works for young ... - Daruma Dolls for the New School Year
August 29, 2007
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Darumas-for-the-New-School-Year-1.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/22/2005 Daruma Dolls Transcript One of the traditional, good luck charms in Japan is the Daruma Doll, the ancient roly poly doll that ... - Patsy Aldana
August 28, 2007
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Patsy-Aldana.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 8/28/2007 Patsy Aldana Transcript At the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair this past spring, Susan Raab spoke with Patsy Aldana from ... - Road Trip: “Great Kids’ Songs”
August 24, 2007
You can go on the rest of that fishing trip with the incomparable Taj Mahal on a new CD collection from Music for Little People called 20 Great Kids Songs. Read more "Road Trip: “Great Kids’ Songs”" - Thomas Bewick
August 23, 2007
Author Rita Smith Air Date 8/23/2007 Thomas Bewick Transcript Thomas Bewick was the finest of all English practicioners of wood engraving and was the first person to make the work of the illustrator as important, in books for children, as the ... - Jacks
August 22, 2007
Remember playing jacks? Shelley Fraser Mickle does, and it’s led her to bounce these ideas around. Read more "Jacks" - Margaret Quinlan
August 21, 2007
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Margaret-Quinlan.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 8/21/2007 Margaret Quinlan Transcript Earlier this spring, Susan Raab spoke with Margaret Quinlan, the President of Peachtree Press in Atlanta about ... - Bambi
August 20, 2007
That’s Thumper the Rabbit talking to Bambi’s mother in the beautiful opening sequence of Walt Disney’s 1942 film when all the gentle animals of the forest come to see the newborn deer. Read more "Bambi" - Children’s Games
August 17, 2007
This pensive music was composed by the famous harpist Marisa Robles. It’s from her Narnia Suite, which she wrote in 1991 — over a decade before the release of the movie based on C. S. Lewis’s classic, The Lion, The ... - 35 Years of Fudge
August 16, 2007
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Thirty-Five-Years-of-Fudge.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 8/16/2007 35 Years of Fudge Transcript In 1972, Farley Drexel Hatcher, more commonly known as Fudge, burst onto the pages of Judy ... - Kipling Encore
August 15, 2007
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Kipling-Encore.mp3 Author Lola Haskins Air Date 8/15/2007 Kipling Encore Transcript Rudyard Kipling is much more than the author of the Jungle Book, which, no children, did NOT begin life ... - Heidi Cortner Boiesen
August 14, 2007
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Heidi-Cortner-Boiesen.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 8/14/2007 Heidi Cortner Boiesen Transcript Recently, Susan Raab spoke with Heidi Cortner Boiesen, the Director for the International Board of Books ... - Play Ball
August 13, 2007
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Play-Ball.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/13/2007 Play Ball Transcript You’ve no doubt kicked or caught or inflated or pitched or served or spiked or teed off ... - The Deighton Family for the Road
August 10, 2007
The Deightons were the darlings of the accoustic folk rock busking world during the 1980s and 90s, offering an eclectic mix of old timey and contemporary music, played by the Deighton parents, as well as all of their four children. ... - Nancy Yi Fan and Swordbird
August 9, 2007
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Nancy-Yi-Fan-and-Swordbird.mp3 Author Linda Lamme Air Date 8/9/2007 Nancy Fan and Swordbird Transcript One of the more amazing stories to come out of our town, Gainesville, Florida, this past ... - Helene Hanff’s Children’s Books
August 8, 2007
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Helene-Hanffs-Childrens-Books.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 8/8/2007 Helene Hanff’s Children’s Books Transcript In her most celebrated work, 84, Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff acknowledges the gift of a ... - Judy Galbraith
August 7, 2007
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Judy-Galbraith.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 8/7/2007 Judy Galbraith Transcript At the annual Bologna International Children’s Book Festival this past spring, Recess! correspondent Susan Raab talked to Judy Galbraith, the ... - Seeing Beyond Sight
August 6, 2007
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Seeing-Beyond-Sight.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/6/2007 Seeing Beyond Sight Transcript Since the early 1990s, there has been a growing interest — indeed, something of a movement ... - Green Gorilla, Monster, and Me
August 3, 2007
You can build a very aerobic morning, or afternoon, or evening in your house around this song alone. It’s called, as you might guess, “Dance Around,” and it’s on the new Ralph’s World CD called Green Gorilla, Monster & Me ...