Tag: Peter Parley
Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Samuel-Griswold-Goodrich-and-Peter-Parley.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 8/18/2005 Samuel Griswold Goodrich Transcript Samuel Goodrich, a 19th century children’s author and publisher, was the creator of the popular children’s literature persona, Peter Parley. As a youngster, Goodrich enjoyed nursery rhymes and fairy tales like “Puss in Boots” and “Jack the Giant Killer,” […]
January
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 […]