Sweet Honey in the Rock’s “I Got Shoes”
I don’t know about you, but I can never seem to get enough of the Washington, DC-based, acapella group, “Sweet Honey in the Rock.”
Hal Roach and Our Gang
You’re hearing the famous theme song from the 1930s movie series that we know as “The Little Rascals,” played by a present-day Dutch dance band called the Beau Hunks.
Martin’s Big Words
You’re hearing some of the famous words of Dr. Martin Luther King from Martin’s Big Words, a recent video for young people from Weston Woods Studios.
Don’t Laugh at Me
That’s Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin with their moving song, “Don’t Laugh at Me,” on a CD included in their book by the same title, illustrated by Glin Dibley from Tricycle Press in Berkeley, California.
The Frog Princess, for Jacob Grimm’s Birthday
That’s Deborah Henson-Conant, the composer and author, reading the opening from her musical sequel to “The Frog Prince” — just in time for Jacob Grimm’s birthday tomorrow.
New Years Babies
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/New-Years-Child.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/31/2002 Image from Winsor McCay’s “Little Nemo” New Years Babies Transcript One of the fascinating figures who arrives at the turn of every new year is a little child who appears to take over the reins of life from an elderly figure, old father […]
For Video Gifts, Weston Woods Films
That’s the powerful, famous beginning of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, from the Weston Woods animated film version of this Caldecott Award classic
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 — […]
John Lithgow’s Farkle and Friends
That’s John Lithgow reading the opening from his new picture book, Micawber, the story of a squirrel who is smitten by great art and who studies the paintings in the Metropolitan Museum from his vantage point on the roof, peeking in through the skylight windows.
Tomi Ungerer
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Tomi-Ungerer.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/29/2002 Tomi Ungerer Transcript One of the best-loved picture books by the internationally celebrated author and illustrator, Tomi Ungerer, is The Three Robbers. The Robbers, disguised in their capes and tall, black hats, plunder the coaches that bounce through the European landscape of the […]