Fran Hawk
Fran Hawk writes the children's books column and travel stories for The Post and Courier. Her first children's book, "The Story of the H. L. Hunley and Queenie's Coin" was published by Sleeping Bear Press in 2004. She has worked at several local schools and currently serves as the librarian at Clark Corporate Academy, and magnet high school in Charleston County. She has four children and lives with her husband in Mount Pleasant.
Recent Stories
'Skullduggery' fast-paced series
Publicists crowd my e-mail with pitches for new books.
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Books scare up Halloween fun
'Monster Madness" is "a Halloween story with a pop-up surprise" that's recommended for children ages 4 and up.
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Children can get their fill of Halloween all year long
Halloween all year round. Now there's a scary thought. As I read children's book after children's book, all featuring supernatural creatures and powers, I'm wondering when this trend will die a natural death. Or at least die back down to just being a small part of what's available for children.
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Books teach children proper place for animals
My skepticism-o-meter lunges into high gear whenever I hear that a celebrity has written a book. Some are wonderful. Many are awful. I wonder about all the good books by unknown authors that are overlooked, in favor of bad books by celebrities that get lots of press.
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Books show feisty, spirited girls
At a recent conference, several editors of children's books made up a panel to advise wannabe authors. They cited all the discouraging statistics about how many thousands of manuscripts are rejected for every one manuscript that's accepted. We knew that.
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Books a fun way to teach colors
The concept of color is difficult for many children to grasp and difficult for many parents to teach.
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Books keep it positive
Parent/child warfare is most likely to break out over the non-negotiable issues of bedtime, cleanup, morning routines and saying goodbye. Just in case parents weren't weary enough, these skirmishes can absorb every shred of extra energy.
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Taking a lesson from hurricanes
Hurricane season predictions used to get my full attention.
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Reading about employment on Labor Day
'The Report on the American Workforce, 2001," presented (using your tax dollars) by the U.S. Department of Labor, is more interesting than I expected.
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Fun, silly books inspire humor
'Mary Had a Little Lamp" by Jack Lechner is a laugh-out-loud picture book.
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