Tag: Magazine
Martha Stewart Kids
John Cech reviews Martha Stewart's new magazine for kids and parents.
Rachel Carson
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Remembering-Rachel-Carson.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 5/28/2001 Rachel Carson Transcript It is always interesting to discover what childhood activities influenced adult lives. Rachel Carson, born May 27, 1907, grew up to be a concerned natural scientist and a persuasive writer who changed forever the way Americans thought about their environment. […]
Howard Pyle
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Howard-Pyle.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/7/2001 Howard Pyle Transcript Way back in 1877, American children going through their latest issues of St. Nicholas Magazine discovered some little fables with illustrations quite different from those to which they were accustomed. These simple drawings had a strong, heavy line, and a […]
Two Magazines for Girls
The holidays are upon us, and Koren Stembridge has a recommendation for a gift for the teen girls in your life: a magazine subscription.
Purloined Christmas
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Purloined-Christmas.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/18/2000 Purloined Christmas Transcript Here’s Rita Smith with a story about something that went missing one Christmas. Casting about for an interesting children’s Christmas story, I found one in the December 1897 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine for Children that gives new meaning to […]
St. Nicholas in April
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/St-Nicholas.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/5/2000 St. Nicholas in April Transcript Here’s Rita Smith with a Rediscovery. St. Nicholas was a popular American juvenile periodical that was issued monthly from November 1873 through March 1940. It contained fiction and non-fiction articles, as well as poetry, letters, and puzzles. Many […]