Tag: Rita Smith
Thomas Bewick
Author Rita Smith Air Date 8/23/2007 Thomas Bewick Transcript Thomas Bewick was the finest of all English practicioners of wood engraving and was the first person to make the work of the illustrator as important, in books for children, as the text. Born in 1735, in rural England, Bewick early on showed his skill in […]
Anna Sewell
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Anna-Sewell.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/20/2007 Anna Sewell Transcript Anna Sewell wrote only one book in her lifetime, Black Beauty. Sewell was raised in a Quaker household by a mother who took very seriously the Quaker advice “to seek out and alleviate suffering.” She did her share of charity work […]
First Books for African American Children
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/First-Books-for-African-American-Children.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/20/2007 First Books Transcript Before the 1950s, there was very little that an African American child could look at or read that reflected his experience, fostered a pride in his heritage, or inspired him in any way. As Barbara Bader notes in her book […]
Our Young Folks
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Our-Young-Folks-Our-First-Childrens-Magazine.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 1/9/2007 Our Young Folks Transcript Our Young Folks is an illustrated magazine for children published monthly for nine years from January 1, 1865, through October, 1873, when it was absorbed into St. Nicholas Magazine. Written for children between the ages of 10 and 18, its editors […]
Children’s Favorites
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Childrens-Favorite-Books-a-Century-Ago.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/6/2006 Children’s Favorites Transcript These days, a stroll past the desk in the children’s department of any public library will provide you with a list of “Best Books for Young Readers” or a few minutes spent online will lead to an abundance of good […]
Carlo Collodi and Pinocchio
Today is the birthday of Carlo Collodi, the author of Pinocchio, who based his famous character, at least in part, on himself as a child.
Happy Birthday To Little Golden Books
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Happy-Birthday-to-Little-Golden-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/3/2006 Little Golden Books Transcript Early in the 1940’s George Duplaix, head of the Artists and Writers Guild and his assistant, Lucille Ogle, came up with the idea of creating a line of modestly priced full-color children’s books. They mentioned the idea to an […]
School Lunches – Back in the Day
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/School-Lunches-Back-in-the-Day-.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/14/2006 School Lunches Transcript In the March 1877 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, the editor asked her young readers to write to her and describe “what you ordinarily take to school for your noon feeding.” She had noticed that one […]
Annie Oakley
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Annie-Oakley.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 8/15/2006 Annie Oakley Transcript In her lifetime, Annie Oakley was idolized for her skill as a sharp shooter. Since her death in 1926, the life has become legend, as Oakley became the embodiment of the “archetypal western woman: daring, beautiful and skilled.”1 Annie was born […]
19th Century Environmental Books
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/19th-Century-Science-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/7/2006 19th Century Environmental Books Transcript Beginning in the late 1700s, social, moral and particularly religious precepts began to be woven into science and natural history books for children. Most authors made at least some mention of the importance of studying nature as God’s […]