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National Grandparents Day

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Kids-and-Grandparents-an-Activity-Book.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/7/2001 National Grandparents Day Transcript It’s National Grandparents Day this Sunday, and if you’re a grandparent, or you know of one or two who might be looking for a quick course in grandparents lore, then Kids and Grandparents, an Activity Book by Ann Love […]

Spielberg’s AI

John Cech explores how Steven Spielberg's new film, AI, taps into primal themes of children's literature.

An Interview With Roland Brival

That's Roland Brival singing part of his "Creole Gypsy," which was recently a hit song in France.

“Brown Girl in the Ring”

That’s Maria Muldaur, talking to her mother, and then singing part of “Fala Nina, Fala Nana,” from a new compilation of world music for the whole family titled “Brown Girl in the Ring."

Kids and Yoga

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Kids-and-Yoga.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/23/2001 Kids and Yoga Transcript Have you ever watched a baby, once he’s learned to sit up, how he sits with beautiful posture, keeping his back perfectly perpendicular to the floor, and his legs perfectly flat on the floor, and then how he effortlessly […]

Becoming Victoria

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Becoming-Victoria.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 7/17/2001 Becoming Victoria Transcript As a young girl in England, steeped in British history and the necessary adulation of the Royal Family, I was never particularly fond of Queen Victoria. After all, in my young eyes, Queen Victoria seemed to […]

A Gentle African Journey

You’re hearing the opening from “A Gentle African Journey,” from Rhino Recordings’ International Baby series of CDs.

Quiz Kids

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Quiz-Kids.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/6/2001 Quiz Kids Transcript How many seconds are there in a year? If the Northern Lights are called the Aurora Borealis, what are the Southern Lights called? These were two of the questions that children between the ages of four and sixteen were asked […]

Going to the Beach

All the kids are heading for the beach on “Fun in the Sun” — the latest installment from Snoopy’s Klassics on Toys.

“All Wound Up”

Author John Cech Air Date 6/22/2001 “All Wound Up” Transcript When I heard this, I thought I was a kid again, back in Chicago, on a Sunday morning in the 1950s, with the Polka Hour on the radio. This transporting, toe-tapping version of the old lullaby is from the Grammy Award winning singing – song-writing […]