Tag: Rita Smith
Photos as Illustrations
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Photos-as-Illustrations.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/22/2000 Photos as Illustrations Transcript In 1971, in the introduction to The Black Experience in Children’s Books, Augusta Baker wrote, “The depiction of a black person is exceptionally important in books for children. An artist can portray a black child …and make him attractive […]
First Valentines
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/First-Valentines.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/7/2000 First Valentines Transcript Valentines came into their own in the United States in the 1840s, but, of course, there were valentines before that–long, long before that. No one is certain when the first valentine was sent. There are several legends. One is that […]
Boy Scouts Books
Here's Rita Smith, the curator of the Baldwin Collection of Children's Literature, to discuss Boy Scouts books.
Manners
Here's Rita Smith, the curator of the Baldwin Collection of Children's Literature, to discuss historical manners instruction for children.
Horatio Alger
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Horatio-Alger.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 1/13/2000 Horatio Alger Transcript Today is the birthday of Horatio Alger, a prolific nineteenth century writer of novels for boys which became known as the “rags to riches” stories. Alger had been writing and publishing boy’s stories in magazines for ten years when, in […]
Jacob Grimm
Today is the birthday of Jacob Grimm, and Rita Smith is here today to discuss the life and influence of the Brother Grimm.
Poor Richard’s Almanac
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Poor-Richards-Almanac.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/28/1999 Poor Richard’s Almanac Transcript Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac made its first appearance in print on this date in 1732. Franklin saw the Almanac as an opportunity for educating the public, both children and adults, because both read them, and he considered it, […]
First Crossword Puzzles
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/First-Crossword-Puzzles.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/21/1999 First Crossword Puzzles Transcript According to the Oxford Guide to Word Games, the crossword puzzle is “the most popular and widespread word game in the world.” It was invented by a journalist named Arthur Wynne who published the first crossword in The New […]
Joel Chandler Harris
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Joel-Harris.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/9/1999 Joel Harris Transcript “Imagine a 19th century version of ‘The Simpsons,’ directed by Quentin Tarantino, in which Bart, Nelson and Mr. Burns are constantly getting medieval on each other.”1 That is how Hal Jacobs, an Atlanta writer, describes the folktales in Uncle Remus, […]
The Letter X
Rita Smith's Lost and Found essay today is about one of the hardest letters of the alphabet to make up anything about: the letter X.