To the Best of Our Knowledge

PROMO       6/3/2007     "Author, Author" - Part 3 of 4: Kid's Lit
*One of the worst things about growing up is you get kicked out of the
children's section of the library. I mean, you learn to read and life is
one long happy string of books, from Peter Pan to Winnie the Pooh to
Harriett the Spy, but then you reach a certain age and you're supposed
to graduate and spend the rest of your life reading grown-up books.
Well, have no fear. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, it's
children's books, for us.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "Kids Lit"

0:00 - 14:58        SEGMENT 1: (14:59)
            Maurice Sendak tells Steve Paulson that as a Jewish child
            in New York during WWII he developed the view that
            childhood could be a scary time. Also, Kevin Henkes reads
            one of his favorite children's picture books for Anne
            Strainchamps.  It's "Luck Song," by Vera B. Williams. 
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

14:59 - 15:28  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

15:29 - 37:23       SEGMENT 2: (21:56)
            Anne Strainchamps surveys the enchanting world of
            children's literature.  And, Salman Rushdie tells Steve
            Paulson about his very first memories of "The Wizard of
            Oz."
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

37:24 - 37:53       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

37:54 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (15:06)
            Philip Pullman is the author of the trilogy "His Dark
            Materials."  We hear a recorded excerpt from the first
            volume, "The Golden Compass."  And Pullman speaks with
            Steve Paulson about the fictional world he's created.
            And, Geraldine McCaughrean was commissioned to write the
            sequel to J.M. Barrie's classic "Peter Pan."  She talks
            with Jim Fleming about how she came up with "Peter Pan in
            Scarlet." 
                                                       
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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