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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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Pages of History: Reconstruction and Late 19th Century | Carolina Stories - Episode 4 Pages of History: Mid 20th Century | Carolina Stories 6

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Pages of History: Mid 20th Century | Carolina Stories
Episode 6
William Watts Ball, who had previously worked at The Evening Post and The State, became the new editor. He was an outspoken critic of “The New Deal”, along with too much government, and these views...
Millones de Gatos | Foreign Language Scholastic Series

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Millones de Gatos | Foreign Language Scholastic Series
This series is a collection of Scholastic "classics" reproduced in Spanish. For use with language learners in grades 1-5. Millones de Gatos by Wanda Gág This starts as a simple tale about a very...
The Civil War At 150 (Full Version)

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  • 6
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The Civil War At 150 (Full Version)
Episode 8
Dr. James McPherson, professor emeritus of American History at Princeton University, won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom, which has since sold more than six hundred thousand copies...
The Spate of Civil War Literature | Walter Edgar's Journal

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The Spate of Civil War Literature | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 3
Walter Edgar talks with Dr. McPherson about the increase in Civil War writings within the past thirty years. Writers have since expanded on aspects like civilian life, experiences for common soldiers...
Columbia College | South Carolina Public Radio Charleston Library Society | South Carolina Public Radio

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  • Higher Education
Charleston Library Society | South Carolina Public Radio
“C” is for Charleston Library Society. The Charleston Library Society is the third-oldest institutional library in the United States. Established as a private, subscription library in 1748, it...
Evangel Cathedral | South Carolina Public Radio Everett, Percival | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades

  • 6
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  • Higher Education
Everett, Percival | South Carolina Public Radio
“E” is for Everett, Percival [b. 1956]. Everett grew up in Columbia. He drew on his experiences as a young African American growing up in Columbia in his first novel, Suder. The critical success of...
Oliphant, Mary C. Simms | South Carolina Public Radio

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Oliphant, Mary C. Simms | South Carolina Public Radio
"O" is for Oliphant, Mary Chevillette Simms [1891-1988]. Historian. Born in Barnwell County, Mary C. Simms Oliphant was the granddaughter of novelist and historian William Gilmore Simms. In 1917 the...
Blair, Frank | South Carolina Public Radio

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  • Higher Education
Blair, Frank | South Carolina Public Radio
“B” is for Blair, Frank [1915-1995]. Broadcaster, author. A native of Yemassee, Blair served in the Navy during World War II. A deep-voiced broadcaster, a mainstay of NBC’s “The Today Show” from 1952...
Hillsborough Township | South Carolina Public Radio Hipp, Francis Moffett | South Carolina Public Radio

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  • Higher Education
Hipp, Francis Moffett | South Carolina Public Radio
“H” is for Hipp, Francis Moffett [1911-1995]. Insurance executive. After graduating from Furman, Hipp joined his father’s company, Liberty Life Insurance. The Greenville-based firm also owned radio...
William Crafts, Jr | History of SC Slide Collection

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William Crafts, Jr | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 46
A poet, politician and reformer born in Charleston, William Crafts, Jr. (1787-1826), was educated by tutors and later entered Harvard, graduating in 1805. He returned to Charleston and studied law...
Carolina Style | Palmetto Special

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Grades

  • 3
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Carolina Style | Palmetto Special
This lesson is a brief survey of the art, architecture, literature and theatre of South Carolina. It opens with a series of skits where "comedic characters" "put down" South Carolina's interest in...
William Watts Ball | History of SC Slide Collection

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William Watts Ball | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 12
William Watts Ball (1868-1952) was the long-time editor of the Charleston "News and Courier." Born in Laurens County, he grew up during Reconstruction, and, according to legend, held Wade Hampton's...