Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Me-and-Uncle-Romie.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Marissa Noel) Air Date 6/26/2007 Me and Uncle Romie Transcript Romare Bearden is one of this country’s best known artists, and he’s the subject of Claire Hartfield’s new book, Me and Uncle Romie, with pictures by the award-winning illustrator, Jerome LaGarrigue. It takes Uncle Romie […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Darby.mp3 Author Marissa Noel Air Date 6/11/2007 Darby Transcript In Darby, a historically significant novel for young readers, author Jonathan Scott Fuqua shows us that we must not underestimate the enlightened thinking of children. In this instance, the wise ones are two best friends, 9-year-old Darby Carmichael and Evette Robinson. They […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Sophies-World.mp3 Author Marissa Noel Air Date 7/6/2006 Sophie’s World Transcript Until I read Jostein Gaarder’s novel, Sophie’s World, I don’t think I realized how little I knew about the great ideas of the world. This novel, set in Norway, is about a teenage girl who encounters the subject of philosophy. […]