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Walter Dean Myers

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Walter-Dean-Meyers.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/29/2000 Walter Dean Myers Transcript In our continuing programs in celebration of Black History Month, a writer for children and young adults who must be mentioned is Walter Dean Myers. Among his many distincitons, he’s a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award […]

Faith Ringgold

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Faith-Ringgold.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/24/2000 Faith Ringgold Faith Ringgold is a remarkable African American artist and writer, and Black History Month is a good time for every child to become familiar, if they aren’t already, with her stunning work. Her artistic career began with pictures that drew their […]

National Children’s Book Week 2

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Childrens-Book-Week-2.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/16/1999 National Children’s Book Week Transcript On the second day of National Children’s Book Week, we’re harvesting a wonderful crop of picture books that follow the week’s theme: “Plant a Seed …. Read.” In the most literal of ways, that’s what the writer Sarah […]

Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/McClosky.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/15/1999 Robert McCloskey Transcript In Boston they take their ducklings very seriously. In Boston Common, there’s a larger than life-sized statue of the famous mother duck and her children from Robert McCloskey’s 1942 Caldecott award-winning picture book, Make Way for Ducklings. Every spring, parents […]