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Poetry Speaks to Children

This recording is part of a collection of poems called Poetry Speaks to Children.

The Planet Sleeps

There are many CDs on the market of lullaby music for young children, but The Planet Sleeps, is one of the best — from its dream-like cover art to its selection of sixteen songs from the global village.

Jack Johnson’s Curious George

It’s passing strange and a minor miracle in the annals of music for children’s films that this totally irresistible set of soul-tapping, acoustic delights would be teamed up with the new animated film version of those classic children’s stories about the irrepressible little trickster, Curious George.

Banana Slug String Band

That’s just a little tune about six-legged insects from “No Bones Within.” It’s on one of the band’s nine CDs called Singing in Our Garden.

Richard Louv, The Last Child in the Woods

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Richard-Louv’s-The-Last-Child-in-the-Woods.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/9/2006 Richard Louv, The Last Child in the Woods Transcript Remember when our parents used to tell us to run outside to play, and if we asked why (especially if our favorite television program was on), they told us that fresh air was good […]

RFK, Jr.’s Saint Francis

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/RFKs-St-Francis-of-Assisi.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/8/2006 RFK, Jr.’s Saint Francis Transcript Sometimes it’s less a matter of our choosing the subjects that we write about, than it is the subjects that choose us. This is certainly what happened with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s latest book, St. Francis of Assisi, A […]

Suni Paz Sings Songs for the Playground

That’s Suni Paz, the well known Latin American singer, with part of “Llega la Manana,” a song about waking up and getting dressed, and going to school — in short, about a day in the life of a kid.

Youth Art Month: Frank Remkiewicz Interview

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Youth-Art-Month-Frank-Remwicz.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/2/2006 Youth Art Month: Frank Remkiewicz Interview Transcript It’s Youth Art Month, and, while he was visiting schools in our area, we managed to find a quiet place to speak with Frank Remkiewicz, the well-known illustrator of the popular Froggy Books and the Early Readers about […]

Dan Zanes Rocks

That’s Dan Zanes and the Rocket Ship Singers with Frank Loesser’s old standard, “Bushel and a Peck” from the CD, Rocket Ship Beach.

One World, One Kid

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/One-World-One-Kid-Music-review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/10/2006 One World, One Kid Transcript Here’s an idea for a children’s world music radio program. Let a child make the selections and introduce the songs, as six year old Skyler Pia does on a new CD called One World, One Kid. Brief Sound Clip: […]