Tag: Ramona Caponegro
35 Years of Fudge
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Thirty-Five-Years-of-Fudge.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 8/16/2007 35 Years of Fudge Transcript In 1972, Farley Drexel Hatcher, more commonly known as Fudge, burst onto the pages of Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, and nothing has been able to contain him since, much to the chagrin of his older […]
Helene Hanff’s Children’s Books
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Helene-Hanffs-Childrens-Books.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 8/8/2007 Helene Hanff’s Children’s Books Transcript In her most celebrated work, 84, Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff acknowledges the gift of a book, noting, “I’ll have mine till the day I die — and die happy in the knowledge that I’m leaving it behind for […]
The End (?) of Harry Potter
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-End-_-of-Harry-Potter.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 7/20/2007 The End(?) of Harry Potter Transcript For Harry Potter fans, the biggest day of the year has finally arrived. Beginning at midnight, devoted readers will be poring over Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh (and final) book in the series that J.K. […]
Christmas Stories
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Rereading-Holiday-Stories.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 12/12/2006 Christmas Stories Transcript As someone who has always wanted “just one more story,”I spend a great deal of time each year reading books that are new — at least to me. But, every December, I immerse myself once again in a collection of […]
Teen Read Week
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-2.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 10/16/2006 Teen Read Week Transcript The American Library Association is “acting up” these days in celebration of Teen Read Week. This year’s theme, “Get Active @ Your Library,” is meant to encourage teens not only to become more frequent library visitors but also to […]
The Phantom Tollbooth
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Phantom-Tollbooth-Turns-45.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 10/5/2006 The Phantom Tollbooth Transcript My introduction to The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster occurred when I was in the sixth grade, after my English teacher recommended the book as “a good read.” Following his suggestion, I accompanied the protagonist, Milo, past the magical tollbooth and […]
Teen Read Week – Real Time
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-Real-Time.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 10/20/2005 Real Time Transcript How important is it that children learn to “read the world”1 along with the words on a page? More than 35 years ago, Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educator, introduced the teaching of critical literacy, a reading strategy that “promotes reflection, transformation, […]
Teen Read Week – Rush Hour
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-Rush-Hour.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 10/18/2005 Teen Read Week Transcript “Get real.” How many times have you heard a sullen or sarcastic teenager utter these words? Well, the Young Adult Library Services Association is currently giving this popular teen phrase a more enthusiastic interpretation, making “Get REAL @ your […]
40 Years of Erma Bombeck
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Erma-Bombeck-For-Young-People.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 9/13/2005 40 Years of Erma Bombeck Transcript Even as a bored eleven-year-old stuck in the backseat of the car, I could not resist opening the pages of Erma Bombeck’s When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It’s Time to Go Home. Sure, it was my […]
Choosing a Career
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Starting-Out-the-School-Year-on-the-Career-Path-.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 9/6/2005 Choosing a Career Transcript “So, what do you want to be when you grow up?” is a standard inquiry that adults use to initiate conversation with the kids around them. The question may be asked with genuine sincerity and interest or as a […]