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John Lithgow’s Marsupial Sue

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/John-Lithgows-Marsupial-Sue.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/14/2002 John Lithgow’s Marsupial Sue Transcript John Lithgow is really on a roll, or should I say a hop — after his wonderful CD of a few years ago, “Singing in the Bathtub,” and his more recent book The Remarkable Farkle McBride, he’s brought […]

Nicole Dreiske and the Chicago Int. Children’s Film Festival

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Interview-with-Nicole-Dreiske-Artistic-Director-of-the-Chicago-International-Childrens-Film-Festival.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/9/2002 Nicole Dreiske Transcript The 18th annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival took place this past fall. The Festival lasts for nearly two weeks, and involves screenings of hundreds of films from around the world. We’ll be introducing you to some of these remarkable […]

Many Moons of Poems

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Many-Moons-of-Poems-for-the-New-Year.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 1/8/2002 Many Moons of Poems Transcript For many Native Americans, January’s full moon was called the Wolf Moon, the time of year when wolves became particularly restless. In fact, each month’s moon had a different name that was keyed to […]

“Red’s in the Hood” and “Beanstock” — Hardly Grimm

That’s part of the theme song for Judy and David’s “Red’s in the Hood, A New Spin on Little Red Riding Hood” from The Children’s Group, a Canadian company that has been producing acclaimed classical music recordings for young people for more than a decade.

Maud Tousey Fangel, Baby Painter

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Maud-Tausey-Fangel.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/2/2002 Maud Tausey Fangel, Baby Painter Transcript In the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s — if you saw a sketch or portrait of a child on the cover of Ladies Home Journal or Woman’s Home Companion, or inside the magazines advertising, say, Colgate’s Talc Powder, […]

Singing the Year to Sleep

That’s part of a Lebanese lullaby sung by Ashraf Sweilam, in which a father comforts his child, the flower of his heart, weaving a soft blanket of his eye-lashes to cover the baby, the light of the child’s smile taking the place, for the father, of the very stars.

The Air Force Band’s Musical Storybook

That’s Raymond Jones narrating the opening of William Steig’s picture book, Solomon the Rusty Nail, with the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band from Langley Air Force Base in Viriginia playing an original score for the story by Master Sargent Aldo Forte.

Another Gift for the Holidays

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Another-Gift-for-the-Holidays.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/26/2001 Another Gift for the Holidays Transcript Along with its theme parks and sunny beaches, Florida is offering families across the nation something even more vital and important this year — an exemplary program for providing a comprehensive spectrum of information for parents, potential […]

Videos for the Stocking

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Videos-for-the-Stocking.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 12/20/2001 Videos for the Stocking Transcript One of the hottest new programs on cable television this year is the English children’s program, “Bob the Builder,” which is currently airing on Nickelodeon. Each of the shows features Bob, who runs a […]

“Daddy-O Daddy, Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie”

That’s Billy Bragg & The Blokes doing one of Woodie Guthrie’s songs for children, “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 ” from a new CD, “Daddy-O Daddy, Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie.