Tag: John Cech
Lullabies for St. Patrick
You’re hearing a portion from “My Gysgi, Di Maban” sung by the Welsh choral group, Plethyn, from Celtic Lullaby, a new CD from Elipses Arts.
Dr. Seuss
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Doctor-Seuss.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/1/2007 Dr. Seuss Transcript Someone once said that a good writer, whether for children or adults, has one story, which he keeps retelling in various disguised ways; the fantastic writer has two stories; and the genius has three. Shakespeare, for example, could write tragedies, […]
Teenagers and Andy Hardy
That's the young Andy Rooney hoping for a kiss from the young Ann Rutherford in the 1938 film, Love Finds Andy Hardy.
A Belated Musical Valentine
The two-man rock group, They Might Be Giants, has made clever, vocabulary- and imagination- expanding grooves a signature of both their music for adults and for children. Their valentine to high-energy optimism that you’ve just heard is called “Happy Doesn’t Have to Have an Ending.”
Daydreams and Lullabies
That’s a segment of Beethoven’s “8th Symphony,” from a CD called Daydreams and Lullabies, a Celebration of Poetry, Song and Classical Music.
“No More Lies” (Pas d’Histoires)
You’re hearing the crucial lines from a French film, “Mama, Regarde!” — or, “Mommy, Look!” — directed by Paul Bougenat.
The Witches of Venice
The gift they have brought to the King and Queen of Venice, who have not been able to have children, is a magical plant. If the King and Queen plant it, the Fairies say, it will blossom into a child.
Little One, the Earliest Child
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Little-One-The-Earliest-Child.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/23/2007 Little One, the Earliest Child Transcript The hair of the child is black and whispy, spiked, really, and her half moon of a mouth has broken into a smile that shows her few small teeth and that furrows her brow with crinkles that […]
Two Yellow Kids
It’s a wonderful coincidence that one of the early practitioners of the comic strip, Richard Felton Outcault, should have been born on the same day, today, in 1863, on which The Simpsons animated television show would premiere, over a century later, in 1990.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Dr-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Day.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/15/2007 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Transcript It’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and his life and legacy are central to the growing number of works for young people about him. Books like Diane McWhorter’s A Dream of Freedom, The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968. This […]