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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Tale-of-Peter-Rabbit.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/26/2005 The Tale of Peter Rabbit Transcript C. S. Lewis, who wrote the Narnia books, thought that there were three ways of writing for children. One of the better ways (though not the best, he thought) was to let your story “grow out of a [tale] […]

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Beatrix Potter

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Beatrix-Potter-1.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 7/26/2001 Beatrix Potter Transcript There are some writers of children’s books whom you could classify as “one hit wonders” – authors whose current reputation as a children’s writer rests on one book. Thomas Bailey Aldrich, for example, for The Story of a Bad Boy, […]

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