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Libraries, Literature & Learning

A collection about writers, their books, and more. It's all about literature and learning! Visit your school library to learn even more!

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Within this Collection

Collection American Writers
American Writers
Collection Authors of Children's Books
Authors of Children's Books
Collection For Student Writers
For Student Writers
Collection For Young Readers
For Young Readers

Learn about children's books, as well as authors and illustrators of children's books.

Collection Illustrators
Illustrators
Collection Journalism, Broadcasting & Communications
Journalism, Broadcasting & Communications
Collection Poets & Poetry
Poets & Poetry

April is National Poetry Month. View our Poets & Poetry Collection and our Poets Laureate Collection.

Collection Poets Laureate
Poets Laureate

Learn more about and meet poets laureate feature here on Knowitall.

Collection S.C. Authors
S.C. Authors
Collection Shakespeare
Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor.

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David Drake | SC African American History Calendar (2019) 2

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David Drake | SC African American History Calendar (2019)
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David Drake, also known as “Dave the Potter” and “Dave the Slave,” (c.1801-c.1870) was an American potter who lived in Edgefield, S.C. Dave produced alkaline-glazed stoneware jugs between the 1820s...
Writing Letters

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Writing Letters

The students will learn how to form a proper letter. They will be able to remove key ideas/details from a text and apply it to their writing. They will also be able to incorporate transition and...

Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. | South Carolina Public Radio

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Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. (b. 1942). Essayist. environmentalist, educator. After graduating from USC, Burroughs obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard. From 1968-2000, he taught at Bowdoin...
Burton, Edward Milby | South Carolina Public Radio Byars, Betsy Cromer | South Carolina Public Radio

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Byars, Betsy Cromer | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Byars, Betsy Cromer (b. 1928). Writer. Byars began her writing career with magazine articles until dedicating herself to children’s literature. In 1962 her first book, Clementine, was...
Hillsborough Township | South Carolina Public Radio Humphreys, Josephine | South Carolina Public Radio

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Humphreys, Josephine | South Carolina Public Radio
"H" is for Humphreys, Josephine (b. 1945). Novelist. Born in Charleston, Humphreys graduated from Duke and obtained an M.F.A. from Yale. In 1970, she began teaching at Baptist College in Charleston...
Persuasive Writing - Superhero

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Persuasive Writing - Superhero

3rd or 4th grade students will understand why authors use persuasive writing. They will analyze examples of persuasive pieces, then write their own piece.

Patti Callahan Henry

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Patti Callahan Henry
Meet Patti Callahan Henry, “the Fresh Face of Southern Literature.” Patti’s path to writing is unique. She started her adult life as a nurse, and found herself writing after she found out her daughter...
Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Meet Sue Monk Kidd, author of “The Secret Life Of Bees.” With over six million copies of her novel sold, along with a major motion picture, Monk became a literary sensation. Monk briefly talks about...
Mary Alice Monroe

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Mary Alice Monroe
Meet Mary Alice Monroe, whose best-selling novels nearly all share a dominant, lowcountry theme. She has written ten best-selling novels, but it was not until she moved to the Isle of Palms...
Rivers, John Minott | South Carolina Public Radio

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Rivers, John Minott | South Carolina Public Radio
“R” is for Rivers, John Minott [1903-1988]. Broadcasting executive. After college, Rivers, a native of Charleston, moved to Greenville. There he became friends with the president of the Liberty Life...
Gayle Holmes | Baker's Dozen Michael Leonard | Baker's Dozen

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Michael Leonard | Baker's Dozen
Michael Leonard has taught the craft of storytelling all over the world for over 30 years and worked as head of the Chicago Public Library’s North Town branch. How does he find new stories to tell? He...
Gayle Holmes | Baker's Dozen Lyn Z. Mueller | Baker's Dozen

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Lyn Z. Mueller | Baker's Dozen
Lyn Z. Mueller served as director of the state’s Writing Improvement Network and was greatly influenced as a storyteller by Augusta Baker, who gave Ms. Mueller the power to teach reading and writing...
Gayle Holmes | Baker's Dozen Anne Pellowski | Baker's Dozen

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Anne Pellowski | Baker's Dozen
Anne Pellowski is a former storytelling specialist at the New York Public Library and founder and former director or the Information Center on Children’s Cultures of the U.S. Committee for UNICEF. She...
Gayle Holmes | Baker's Dozen Darion McCloud | Baker's Dozen

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Darion McCloud | Baker's Dozen
Darion McCloud has also worked in South Carolina in the children’s section of a public library. He is a storyteller and also an artist who does paintings and drawings. He has always been interested in...
Gayle Holmes | Baker's Dozen Sherry William | Baker's Dozen

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Sherry William | Baker's Dozen
Sherry William likes to tell African folks tales. Many of the stories she tells are not written in Gullah, but she has added that because she grew up in the Low Country of South Carolina where she...
Gayle Holmes | Baker's Dozen Minerva King | Baker's Dozen

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Minerva King | Baker's Dozen
Minerva King is a native of South Carolina and just as long ago storytellers traveled from city to city, weaving tales, she continues this tradition today as an artist in residence for the South...
Gayle Holmes | Baker's Dozen

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Gayle Holmes | Baker's Dozen
Gayle Holmes is a storyteller from South Carolina who has been not only telling stories, but creating stories for a long time. He favorite stories are from African and Asian cultures. Telling a story...
Gayle Holmes | Baker's Dozen Dianna Young | Baker's Dozen

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Dianna Young | Baker's Dozen
Diana Young, a storyteller and puppeteer, is from Texas. She learned to tell stories with her voice and her feeling from Augusta Baker! And, she often uses puppets to tell parts of the story, which...
Gayle Holmes | Baker's Dozen Tom Feelings | Baker's Dozen

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Tom Feelings | Baker's Dozen
Tom Feelings, an author and an illustrator, was born in New York and retired as a professor of art at the University of South Carolina. He has won many awards, including two Caldecott Honor awards and...