Tag: Kevin Shortsleeve
The Little People
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Little-People.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 3/15/2007 The Little People Transcript As we head towards St. Patrick’s Day and fanciful images of Leprechauns begin appearing in television commercials and on cocktail napkins, we might pause for a moment to remember the Little People. Whether you call them Leprechauns, Gnomes, Brownies, […]
Oxford and Wonderland
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Oxford-and-Wonderland.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 2/27/2007 Oxford University Museum of Natural History Oxford and Wonderland Transcript When one thinks of the world of children’s literature, both in the fictive world and the real world, England often comes to mind. From Peter Pan’s statue in Kensington Gardens in London, to […]
Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Edward-Lear-Book-of-Nonsense.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 2/8/2007 Book of Nonsense Transcript One hundred and fifty-five years ago today, in London, at 26 Haymarket, the publisher Thomas McLean released a curious little book. It was entitled, The Book of Nonsense and the author, according to the cover, was a certain Derry Down Derry. […]
Creation Myths
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Creation-Myths-1.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 12/27/2006 Creation Myths Transcript Inevitably, many children ask the question, “How did the world begin?” And so it is a basic rite of childhood, and a basic rite of enculturation, that children are often taught a traditional tale of where the earth, sky, men […]
Real Wood Fires
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Real-Wood-Fires.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 12/22/2006 Real Wood Fires Transcript I’m thinking about the old fireplace in the home where I grew up. Of all that it taught me, and of the varied experiences a real wood fire can provide a child. I remember the sense of accomplishment that […]
“We All Fall Down”
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/We-All-Fall-Down.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 12/18/2006 “We All Fall Down” Transcript Have you ever stopped to consider how many times you fell down as a child? When you’re a kid, you seem to fall down from, or out of, or off of, just about everything: bikes, trees, swing sets, […]
Autumn Leaves
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Autumn-Leaves.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 10/12/2006 Wet, bright leaves of maple lie on the grass. Autumn Leaves Transcript Growing up in New England, a child develops a special relationship to autumn leaves. It’s impossible not to. If you’ve never seen the fall in New England, it is difficult to […]
Ogden Nash
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ogden-Nash.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 8/23/2006 Ogden Nash Transcript At one time, Ogden Nash “was America’s most popular and most frequently-quoted contemporary poet.” His loyal followers were legion, and his light verse was widely visible in popular magazines like The Saturday Evening Post and The New Yorker. Between 1925 and 1971, he […]
The Partridge Family
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Partridge-Family.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 8/14/2006 The Partridge Family Transcript In April 1957, Ricky Nelson picked up a guitar on an episode of Ozzie and Harriet and began to sing rock and roll. Before long, Nelson was more pop star than television celebrity. For Hollywood, this was a lesson in cross-media […]
The Beach
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Beach.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/11/2006 The Beach Transcript I’m thinking about what the beach meant to me as a kid. Let’s say the most important thing first. The beach is what a sand box wants to be when it grows up. And sandcastle builders obtain a sophisticated knowledge […]