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Julie Just

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Julie-Just.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 3/30/2006 Julie Just Transcript Recently, Recess correspondent Susan Raab spoke with Julie Just, the new Children’s Book Review Editor of The New York Times, who told us about the books that had an impact on her as a child. The written transcript for this program is currently […]

Mystery Games

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/National-Game-and-Puzzle-Week.mp3 Author Cathlena Martin and Laurie Taylor Air Date 11/23/2004 Mystery Games Transcript If you and your family are into mysteries, especially on chilly late fall or winter evenings, you might want to look at some old and new games to add some quality family time to those evenings. While […]

Spy Alley

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Spy-Alley.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 8/7/2003 Spy Alley Transcript By this point in the summer, the children in your household are probably ready for some intrigue, deception, and suspense — the kind provided by daring, fictional spies and crackers of mysteries like Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and the […]

Girls Video Games

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Girls-Video-Games.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 11/26/2002 Girls Video Games Transcript With the shopping season upon us, you may be looking for good gifts that promise great fun. Despite the negative press that it receives, the world of video games nevertheless offers something truly (and positively) entertaining for children, from […]

Edward Stratemeyer

Today, Rita Smith remembers Edward Stratemeyer, who made the series book a standard fixture in every child’s library.