Tag: C. S. Lewis
Children’s Games
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 Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Making the Chronicles of Narnia
Fantasy fanatics–making their presence known at the box office–pelted theaters in droves to track down Middle Earth’s one ring, watch Darth Vader’s fall to the Dark Side, and enroll in Transfiguration 101 at Hogwarts.
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] […]
The Unlikely Heroes of Christmas
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Unlikely-Heroes-of-Christmas.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 12/17/2002 The Unlikely Heroes of Christmas Transcript Christmas traditions and holiday festivities have long been associated with words like Merry, Joy, and Celebration. The word Looser, however, hardly comes to mind when thinking of one’s favorite Christmas Carols. The truth is, though, that one […]
C. S. Lewis
Today is the birthday of C. S. Lewis, and Kevin Shortsleeve has some thoughts about this famous British author.
Gift Books
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Gift-Books.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/16/1999 Gift Books Transcript We always give books to the young people in our family for the holidays and birthdays. The books don’t have batteries (usually) or need any assembling–and if they’re good enough, they’ll last for a long, long time. This year, I’m […]