S.C. Authors

Meet authors who were born in South Carolina. Learn about their books and writing process.

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Grades: 3 4 5 6

Nikky Finney, daughter of the late SC Supreme Court Chief Justice Ernest A. Finney, Jr., recites her poem, " He Never Had It Made" on the occasion of his installation to the S.C. Supreme Court. Just...

Net Numbers | Storytime with SCETV

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Grades: 1 2 3 4

Written By: Carol Crane Illustrated By: Gary Palmer Read By: Coby Hennecy, ETV Endowment Called the "great blue mountains of god" by the Cherokee, the Blue Ridge Mountains are only one of the wonders...

Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe | Storytime with SCETV

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Grades: 3 4 5 6

Written and Read by: Jo Watson Hackl Cover design and interior illustrations by: Gilbert Ford How far would you go to find something that might not even exist? All her life, Cricket’s mama has told...

Good Night South Carolina | Storytime with SCETV

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Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3

Good Night South Carolina By: Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper Illustrator: Cooper Kelley Read by: Richard Cohn, ETV Commission Chairman At-Large Good Night South Carolina explores Hilton Head, Charleston...

The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls | Storytime with SCETV

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Grades: 1 2 3 4 5

Written by: Louise Meriwether Illustrated by: Jonathan Green Read by: Inez Tenenbaum Robert Smalls, born a slave in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, gained fame as an African American hero of the...

Olivia Gave a Hug Today | Storytime with SCETV

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Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1

Written By: Karen Alexander and Gladys Grimaud Illustrations by: Karen Alexander and Valencia Goodwin Ready By: Karen Alexander As Karen Alexander approached her 40th birthday, she took a risk and...

Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully | Storytime with SCETV

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Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3

By: Audrey Penn Illustrated By: Barbara Gibson Ready by: Jennifer Pinckney Chester is afraid to go to school because he doesn't want to be bullied by a mean badger. After some wise words from his...

P is for Palmetto | Storytime with SCETV

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Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5

P is for Palmetto: A South Carolina Alphabet By: Carol Crane | Illustrations By: Mary Whyte Read by: Molly Spearman, SC Superintendent of Education P is for Palmetto is a collection of evocative pages...

No Fear for Freedom | Storytime with SCETV

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5

No Fear for Freedom: The Story of the Friendship 9 By: Kimberly P Johnson Illustrations By: Vanessa J. Thompson Read by: Dr. Rosalyn Clark Artis, President of Benedict College Many of the icons of the...

Flash and Fancy | Storytime with SCETV

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Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3

Flash and Fancy: An Otter Adventure on the Waccamaw River By: Tom Doran and Christine Thomas Doran Illustrator: Nancy Van Buren Read by: Richard Cohn, ETV Commission Chairman At-Large A tale of rescue...

All Around Town | Storytime with SCETV

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Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5

All Around Town: The Photographs of Richard Samuels Roberts By: Dinah Johnson Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. Read by: Dinah Johnson This special picture book offers a window into the African American...

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? | Storytime with SCETV

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Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? By Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle Read by: Anthony Padgett, President and CEO of SCETV A big happy frog, a plump purple cat, a handsome blue horse, and a soft...

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

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

"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...

Byars, Betsy Cromer | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

"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...

Humphreys, Josephine | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

"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...

Hyer, Helen von Kolonitz | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

"H" is for Hyer, Helen von Kolonitz (1896-1983). Poet, writer. While still in her teens, Hyer published her first poems. She joined the Poetry Society in 1920. Her first poetry collection, Santee...