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Photos as Illustrations

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Photos-as-Illustrations.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/22/2000 Photos as Illustrations Transcript In 1971, in the introduction to The Black Experience in Children’s Books, Augusta Baker wrote, “The depiction of a black person is exceptionally important in books for children. An artist can portray a black child …and make him attractive […]

African American Dick and Jane

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/African-American-Dick-and-Jane.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/18/2000 Dick and Jane Transcript The Dick and Jane readers that most baby boomers and pre-boomers learned their alphabets from first appeared in 1930. The idea was the brainchild of Zerna Sharp, a reading consultant, who thought that children could best learn how to […]