John Cech

Perhaps you think you’re hearing a recent recording of farm animals, but this is really a very rare children’s book from the late 19th century called The Speaking Picture Book.

We’re listening to a little of the closing day concert for a week-long workshop that Mr. Johnnie Billington, a Master Folk Artist from the Mississippi Delta, has been holding here at the University of Florida to teach middle-school students how to play the blues.

Today, Elaine Needelman is here to talk about the hottest new children’s television shows, including Arthur and Bear in the Big Blue House.