Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Books-Books-Books.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/17/2001 Books, Books, Books Transcript This holiday season, I’m giving books of poetry as presents for everyone. After the events of September 11th, we have turned to poetry (or perhaps I should say we have returned to poetry) because it is the literary form […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jean-de-Brunhof.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/11/2001 Jean de Brunhof and Babar Transcript Jean de Brunhof, who was born this week in 1899 and who became famous for his picture books about Babar the elephant, didn’t actually create the character himself. It was de Brunhof’s wife, Cecile, who first invented […]
That’s the traditional Hasidic song, “In the Window,” each of the verses of which represent the lighting of one of candles for the eight days of Hanukkah, the Jewish Feast of Light, which begins today.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Margaret-Hamilton.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/7/2001 Margaret Hamilton Transcript In the mall this past Halloween, one of the shops which sold costumes, masks, and other goulish get-ups featured the pointed-hatted, green-faced witch whom we have all become so familiar with from The Wizard of Oz — the Wicked Witch […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Review-of-Stories-and-Poems.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/5/2001 Harold Bloom’s Stories and Poems Transcript If you’ re looking for a book that will tone both your own and your children’s biceps and intellects, you’ll want to take a good long look at Harold Bloom’s new volume, Stories and Poems for Extremely […]
“Circle Game: Folk Music for Kids” is one of the mellowest CDs for kids released this year.
A new picture book for younger children about Bessie Coleman, the first African American to become a pilot, has flown into the bookstores just in time for National Aviation Month, which is celebrated in November.
It’s the biggest shopping day of the year, and John Cech has some film recommendations for those who prefer to avoid the traffic and stay close to home.
Tomorrow is Edwin Hubble’s birthday, and John Cech has some reflections on his life and scientific contributions.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Pippi-and-Sylvester-.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 11/14/2001 Pippi and Sylvester Transcript There aren’t two better writers to get carried away with during children’s book week than Astrid Lindgren and William Steig, who share the same birthday today. Ms. Lindgren, who’s a national hero in her native […]