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Millions of Cats

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Millions-of-Cats-Still-Purring.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/10/2003 Millions of Cats Transcript This month marks the 85th anniversary of the publication of Wanda Gag’s wonderful classic children’s book, Millions of Cats. It almost didn’t happen. Gag, who earned a living as an advertising illustrator in New York, had submitted several stories […]

Celebrating Weston Woods

That’s Mort Schindel, the founder and guiding spirit of Weston Woods Studios, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Wanda Gag

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Wanda-Gag.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/10/2000 Wanda Gag Transcript Here’s Rita Smith with a Lost and Found Essay. When Wanda Gag, who was born March 11, 1893, was a young girl, a stranger, strolling down the residential street she lived on in New Ulm, Minnesota, saw her swinging on […]