Tag: Fiona Barnes
Jane Goodall’s “Roots and Shoots”
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jane-Goodalls-Roots-and-Shoots.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 3/27/2007 Jane Goodall’s “Roots and Shoots” Transcript You could say that Jane Goodall’s great adventure began in 1936 when she was two years old, and her father gave her a stuffed animal — a chimpanzee named Jubilee after a real […]
Mother Goose and Dame Judy Dench
You’re hearing Dame Judi Dench reading from A. A. Milne’s “Wind on the Hill,” from a recent CD called “Kids’ Stuff. ”
Ntozake Shange
You’re hearing a little from the recent film version of Ntozake Shange’s (En-toe-sake Shange’s) book, Whitewash.
Books for Women’s History Month
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Books-for-Womens-History-Month-1.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 3/3/2003 Books for Women’s History Month Transcript One of the best places to start a young person’s journey to find out about women and their many roles in history would be the series of books by Fiona Macdonald called “The […]
Fantastic Books for the Holidays
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Fantastic-Books-for-the-Holidays.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 12/16/2002 Fantastic Books for the Holidays Transcript Ug. That’s the title of a wonderful new children’s book. I’m not kidding. It really is. Ug is the name of a cave boy who just happens to be a Stone Age genius — […]
Mother Goose’s Music
Have you ever heard Little Jack Horner performed with such elegance before? That’s Jon Garrison and Michael Riley singing James Hook’s setting of that old Mother Goose favorite from a new CD called “Mother Goose and More.”
Children’s Books in the Aftermath of 9/11
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/11-2.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 9/12/2002 Children’s Books in the Aftermath of 9/11 Transcript Since last September 11th, children’s books have been very quiet about this difficult subject. In many ways, writers, artists, editors, and publishers are still trying to figure out what to say, […]
Back to Basics, Building with Bob
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Bob-the-Builder.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 9/5/2002 Back to Basics, Building with Bob Transcript If your youngsters are into building — with blocks or sand or with cardboard boxes or chairs and blankets — then you might want to introduce them to Bob the Builder who’s […]
Motown Baby Books
That’s a little of “My Girl” from the Music for Little People CD, “Toddlers Sing Rock ‘n’ Roll” — which could be the accompaniment for a brand new book version of that golden oldie.
Emily Bronte
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Emily-Bronte-A-Writers-Beginnings.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 7/30/2002 Emily Bronte Transcript Emily Brontë wrote just one novel in her relatively short life, Wuthering Heights. But what a novel it was, and it’s impassioned, romantic reach has extended far beyond the bleak Yorkshire moors where that dark story […]