Crockett Johnson and His Purple Crayon
You’re hearing the opening for the Weston Woods animated film version of Crockett Johnson’s well-known 1955 children’s book, Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Celebrating Weston Woods
That’s Mort Schindel, the founder and guiding spirit of Weston Woods Studios, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
Martin’s Big Words
You’re hearing some of the famous words of Dr. Martin Luther King from Martin’s Big Words, a recent video for young people from Weston Woods Studios.
For Video Gifts, Weston Woods Films
That’s the powerful, famous beginning of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, from the Weston Woods animated film version of this Caldecott Award classic
“So You Want to Be President?”
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/So-You-Want-to-be-President.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/5/2002 “So You Want to Be President?” Transcript It’s Election Day today, and even though the presidential election is still two years away, there’s already a great deal of thought and talk about it, which at some point leads us back to that dream […]
Henry David Thoreau Hikes
The “Henry” and friend the narrator is referring to are bears. And this contest is the simple premise of the lovely Weston Woods film version of D. B. Johnson’s award-winning picture book, Henry Hikes to Fitchburg.
George Washington’s Mother
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/George-Washingtons-Mother.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/22/2001 George Washington’s Mother Transcript Today is George Washington’s birthday, an appropriate time to remember that the father of our country also had a mother — Mary Ball Washington. Her rather unconventional, and at times eccentric character is the subject of a new video […]