Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Guysreadcom.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/11/2006 Guysread.com Transcript One of the coolest looking and most useful websites currently online for young people — especially young boy people — is John Scieszka’s guysread.com. Scieszka is the author of books like Science Verse, Math Curse, The Time Warp Trio, and The Stinky Cheeseman, that classic […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Simple-Joys-of-the-Postcard.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 5/5/2005 Postcard Week Transcript For many small children, receiving mail is a thrill. They eagerly admire the look of their own names on the front of the envelope or on the back of the postcard, exclaim over the picture or illustrations, and insist on […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Literature-for-Children-Digital-Library.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/24/2005 The Literature for Children Digital Library Transcript Would you like to read a version of Little Red Riding Hood published in 1880? Or perhaps The Union ABC, an alphabet book published in 1865 in honor of the Union victory in the Civil War, is […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-1-2.mp3 Author Lauren Brosnihan Air Date 10/22/2003 Teen Read Week Transcript This is Teen Read Week and many groups are celebrating with this year’s theme, “Slammin’@ your Library.” In its sixth year, this program is sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association, and it’s […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Girls-Video-Games.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 11/26/2002 Girls Video Games Transcript With the shopping season upon us, you may be looking for good gifts that promise great fun. Despite the negative press that it receives, the world of video games nevertheless offers something truly (and positively) entertaining for children, from […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/September-11th-on-the-Internet.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 9/10/2002 September 11th: Help on the Internet Transcript With the anniversary of September 11, many children may be confused and scared because they can not fully understand this tragedy and what they might be able to do in response to it. When considering how […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Reading-in-with-readin.org_.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/16/2002 The Read In! Transcript In tight budget times like these, it’s become increasingly more difficult for schools and libraries to afford to bring children’s book authors to town for visits with their young readers. Enter the The Read In on the Internet — […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/For-Girls-Rights-Week-girlsincorg.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 5/15/2002 Girls Rights Week Transcript There’s a web site out there that every girl who’s listening should know about: www.girlsinc.org. This is the home on the internet of Girls Incorporated, a non-profit organization that began in the 1860s to help girls […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Books-for-Womens-History-Month.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 3/5/2002 Women’s History Month on the Internet Transcript Happily, there are dozens of web sites that honor the many roles that women have played in the course of human history — as warrior queens and scientists, artists and business leaders, […]
With school starting again, that means the homework and the Internet questions are back, too. Here’s Koren Stembridge pulling down a few answers for us from cyberspace.