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Hugh Lofting

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Hugh-Lofting.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 1/12/2001 Hugh Lofting Transcript This weekend is the late Hugh Lofting’s birthday. Lofting, who was born in Maidenhead England in 1886, holds a special place in the annals of children’s literature. He is author of the wildly popular Doctor Doolittle book series. Although Lofting […]

J. R. R. Tolkien

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/JRR-Tolkien.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 1/3/2001 J. R. R. Tolkien Transcript A recent poll of 25,000 avid readers in the United Kingdom voted The Lord of the Rings the Number One Book of the Century. Yet, it may surprise you to learn how narrowly this trilogy was saved from […]

The Monkees

Does that song strike any familiar chords from your childhood? If you are of a certain age The Monkees were the rock band of your adolescence.