Tag: Charles Darwin
Peter Sis’ The “Tree of Life”
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Peter-Siss-The-Tree-of-Life-Book-Review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/12/2004 Peter Sis’ The “Tree of Life” Transcript It’s the birthday this week of the scientist Charles Darwin, who is the subject of a new picture book, The Tree of Life, by Peter Sis (Sees), a recipient this year of one of the prestigious MacArthur […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Dinosaurs
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Edgar-Rice-Burroughs-Dinosaurs.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 9/4/2002 Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Dinosaurs Transcript In celebrating the birthday of Edgar R. Burroughs I have chosen to skip his most well-known creation, the jungle hero Tarzan, and celebrate instead, dinosaur fiction, a genre that Burroughs contributed to with his 1916 publication […]