Tag: John Cech
Kids in Motion
That’s the Temptations, a drum machine, and the rest of the gang, with the title song for Kids In Motion –a CD and video project from the duo, Greg and Steve.
The Morrisons Got Game
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Morrisons-Got-Game.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/17/2004 The Morrisons Got Game Transcript There’s a new series of books out from the Nobel Prize Laureate, Toni Morrison and her son, Slade, with pictures by Pascal LeMaitre. The series is called Who’s Got Game? and each of the three titles that have appeared […]
Ellen Jenkins’ “Multicultural Songs”
That’s Ella Jenkins and friends with a little of a Caribbean nonsense song, “Caney Mi Macaro.” (cahni me mahcaro) It’s on a CD called Ella Jenkins Multi-Cultural Children’s Songs.
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 […]
Inventor’s Day: Benjamin Franklin’s Almanac
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Intventors-Day-Benjamin-Franklins-Almanac-Book-Review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/10/2004 Inventor’s Day: Benjamin Franklin’s Almanac Transcript Ben Franklin was an American original — a self-taught popular writer, a political and social philosopher, a skilled politician and statesman, an entrepreneur, and, of course, an inventor. It’s Inventor’s Day tomorrow, and there are few other […]
Carol King’s Valentine to Childhood
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Carole-Kings-Rosie.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/6/2004 Valentine to Childhood Transcript It’s the birthday today of Carole King, the Brooklyn-born, singer -songwriter who gave us, with her then husband Gerry Goffin, such hits as “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” “Take Good Care of My Baby,” ” “Up on the […]
On Jules Verne
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jules-Verne-An-Interview-with-Jean-Michel-Margot.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/4/2004 On Jules Verne Transcript It’s the birthday this week of the French writer, Jules Verne, who was born in 1828 and who wrote dozens and dozens of novels during the course of his life. He is viewed as one of the inventors of […]
Lullabies for a Small World
That’s Marylou Seba from Cameroon with the traditional cradle song, “Mba Mon” on a new CD called Lullabies for a Small World from Celestial Arts.
Hear and Gone in Sixty Seconds
That’s Justin Roberts with “More than Just a Minute,” from a new CD from Rounder Records called Hear and Gone in Sixty Seconds.
My Brother Martin
That’s Kim and Reggie Harris, with their song in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.