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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.


  • Peter Sis

    November 2, 2006

    Peter Sis
    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 ...
  • Halloween In Salem

    October 30, 2006

    Halloween In Salem
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Halloween-in-Salem.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/30/2006 Halloween in Salem Transcript New England celebrates Halloween. I mean, it really celebrates it. And for good reason. There are more ghosts ...
  • Meet Jan Brett

    October 26, 2006

    Meet Jan Brett
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Meet-Jan-Brett.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 10/26/2006 Jan Brett Transcript At this past summer’s American Library Association convention, Recess correspondent Susan Raab asked the award-winning, best-selling author/illustator Jan Brett about the ...
  • Imagination Library

    October 25, 2006

    Imagination Library
    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 ...
  • Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival

    October 23, 2006

    Chicago Children's Humanities Festival
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chicago-Childrens-Humanities-Festival.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/23/2006 Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival Transcript For the next two weeks in Chicago, something extraordinary is happening: the Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival. From ...
  • Chicago International Children’s Film Festival

    October 20, 2006

    Chicago International Children's Film Festival
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chicago-International-Childrens-Film-Festival.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/20/2006 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival Transcript In the fall, the cultural calendar for young people is always full in Chicago, and this ...
  • Talking with M. T. Anderson

    October 19, 2006

    Talking with M. T. Anderson
    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 ...
  • Teen Read Week

    October 16, 2006

    Teen Read Week
    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, ...
  • My Best Day: Trout Fishing in America

    October 13, 2006

    My Best Day: Trout Fishing in America
    That’s Trout Fishing in America from their recent live concert recording, My Best Day. This trio from Arkansas rocks with songs about the ordinary, daily events of children’s and their parent’s lives. Read more "My Best Day: Trout Fishing in ...
  • Autumn Leaves

    October 12, 2006

    Autumn Leaves
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Autumn-Leaves.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 10/12/2006 Wet, bright leaves of maple lie on the grass. Autumn Leaves Transcript Growing up in New England, a child develops a special ...
  • The American Story

    October 11, 2006

    The American Story
    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, ...
  • Dream Songs, Night Songs, from Mali to Louisiana

    October 6, 2006

    Dream Songs, Night Songs, from Mali to Louisiana
    That’s an evening song from Mali called “Makun.” It’s on an award-winning, gorgeous new collection of lullabies called Dream Songs, Night Songs, from Mali to Louisiana from the Canadian label, Secret Mountain. Read more "Dream Songs, Night Songs, from Mali ...
  • The Phantom Tollbooth

    October 5, 2006

    The Phantom Tollbooth
    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 ...
  • Happy Birthday To Little Golden Books

    October 3, 2006

    Happy Birthday To Little Golden Books
    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 ...
  • Kind News

    September 21, 2006

    Kind News
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/22Kind-News22.mp3 Author Seth Blazer Air Date 9/21/2006 Kind News Transcript “Why did the trash can go on a diet?” The answer: because “It wanted to reduce its waste!” This ...
  • The Tale of Three and Twenty-Four

    September 20, 2006

    The Tale of Three and Twenty-Four
    Barry Stewart Mann brings us today the tale of three and twenty-four. Read more "The Tale of Three and Twenty-Four"
  • Ken Nordine’s “Colors”

    September 15, 2006

    Ken Nordine's "Colors"
    You’re hearing Ken Nordine, reading a section of his poem, “Orange,” from a CD called Colors. Read more "Ken Nordine’s “Colors”"
  • School Lunches – Back in the Day

    September 14, 2006

    School Lunches - Back in the Day
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/School-Lunches-Back-in-the-Day-.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/14/2006 School Lunches Transcript In the March 1877 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, the editor asked her young ...
  • It’s Never Too Late for an Ant Farm

    August 31, 2006

    It's Never Too Late for an Ant Farm
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ant-Farms.mp3 Author Angela Schlein Air Date 8/31/2006 Ant Farm Transcript I was eleven years old the day I jumped for joy to find the ant family I had ...
  • Meg Cabot

    August 30, 2006

    Meg Cabot
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Meg-Cabot-Talking-about-The-Princess-Diaries.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 8/30/2006 Meg Cabot Transcript Recently, Susan Raab spoke with Meg Cabot, the best-selling author of The Princess Diaries, and asked her about how ...