Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/New-Years-Child.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/31/2002 Image from Winsor McCay’s “Little Nemo” New Years Babies Transcript One of the fascinating figures who arrives at the turn of every new year is a little child who appears to take over the reins of life from an elderly figure, old father […]
While most New Year’s resolutions are quickly forgotten, Shelley Fraser Mickle is remembering hers.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/January.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 1/1/2001 January Transcript “Here is January. All hail to thee.” Thus begins the writer of Peter Parley’s Annual for the year 1856, brimming with good cheer and optimism. The writers of children’s literature have taken numerous opportunities over the years to celebrate January by […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/For-the-New-Babies.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/3/2000 Happy New Year Typography with Fireworks in Night Sky For the New Babies of the Millennium Transcript In Japan, during the first days of the new year, the Kakizome festival takes place; it’s is dedicated to putting the first marks on paper for […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Millennial-Reflections.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/31/1999 Millennial Reflections Transcript The millennium turns tonight–an occasion for all sorts of celebrations–and reflections. There will be, I’m sure, a watchful media to tell (and show) us which child was born first in the new millennium — quite an honor indeed. For the […]