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.
- Teen Read Week
October 18, 1999
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week.mp3 Author Jim Haskins Air Date 10/18/1999 Teen Read Week Transcript This is Teen Read Week and we’ve asked Jim Haskins, one of our leading authors of books ... - Pet Peeves
October 15, 1999
Today, in honor of Pet Peeve Week, Shelley Fraser Mickle tells us about a peeve that’s stuck with her since childhood. Read more "Pet Peeves" - Teen TV Shows
October 14, 1999
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-TV-Shows.mp3 Author Elaine Needelman Air Date 10/14/1999 Teen TV Shows Transcript With most of the new television shows for children and teenagers on the air, here’s Elaine Needelman ... - School Lunch Week
October 13, 1999
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/School-Lunch-Week.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/13/1999 School Lunch Week Transcript It’s School Lunch Week and the kids on the playground aren’t singing about the joys of macaroni ... - Alice Childress
October 12, 1999
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Alice-Childress.mp3 Author Jim Haskins Air Date 10/12/1999 Alice Childress Transcript Alice Childress was a woman of firsts. Born on October 12th in Charleston, South Carolina in 1920 and raised ... - Parson Weems
October 11, 1999
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Parson-Weems.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/11/1999 Parson Weems Transcript Mason Locke Weems was born today in 1759. He was an ordained Anglican minister — hence the name ... - Pledge of Allegiance
October 8, 1999
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Pledge-of-Allegiance.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/8/1999 Pledge of Allegiance Transcript Some folks in California are trying to revive a tradition today that began back in 1892, when ... - The Mozart Effect
October 7, 1999
This is the music that may make your score, on average, 8 or 9 points higher on a section of the Stanford Binet I. Q. test — according to three University of California at Irvine researchers. Read more "The Mozart ... - Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
October 6, 1999
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mike-Mulligan.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/6/1999 Mike Mulligan Transcript I am standing at a part of the Big Dig near the Haymarket in Downtown Boston where they’re ... - Conundrums
October 5, 1999
Here’s Rita Smith, the curator of the Baldwin Collection of Children’s Literature, with a Lost and Found Essay about conundrums. Read more "Conundrums" - Child Health Day
October 4, 1999
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Child-Health-Day.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/4/1999 Child Health Day Transcript Today is Child Health Day — a good time to take a look at a few of ... - E. B. White
October 1, 1999
That’s E.B. White reading the startling opening sentences from his 1952 classic, Charlotte’s Web. This is one of the most remarkable beginnings in all of children’s literature, and it reminds us that this book is about some pretty harsh realities. Read ... - Little Women
September 30, 1999
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Little-Women.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 9/30/1999 Little Women Transcript John Cech: It’s the anniversary of the publication of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, which first appeared ... - TV Treasures
September 29, 1999
Today, Elaine Needelman is here to talk about the hottest new children’s television shows, including Arthur and Bear in the Big Blue House. Read more "TV Treasures" - Brother Blue
September 28, 1999
As part of our ongoing exploration of how children’s books matter throughout our lives, today we’re speaking with Brother Blue, the internationally known storyteller, from his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Read more "Brother Blue" - Inscriptions
September 27, 1999
One of the fascinating opportunities of working with a historical children’s literature collection is reading the inscriptions that people wrote in the books. Rita Smith, curator of the Baldwin Library, is here to discuss some of the inscriptions she has ... - Jim Henson’s Birthday
September 24, 1999
It’s the puppeteer Jim Henson’s birthday today, and John Cech and Elaine Needelman are here to discuss his life and influence. Read more "Jim Henson’s Birthday" - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
September 23, 1999
Today is Jane Taylor’s 216th birthday, and Rita Smith is here to talk about Taylor’s most famous poem, “The Star,” popularly known as “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” Read more "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" - Books That Last
September 22, 1999
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 ... - Children’s Music
September 21, 1999
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Childrens-Music.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/21/1999 Children’s Music Transcript A lot of children’s music doesn’t inspire children artistically, and we all know children are the harshest critics. ...