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
Baseball-themed books get younger fans in the game
Sports news of any sort sails way over my head. A recent and remarkable exception is the University of South Carolina baseball team's second straight win in the College World Series.
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Get into reading, win prizes from library
From now until July 31, read anything (except maybe a cereal box), then hasten to your Charleston County Library or go online (www.ccpl.org), fill out a form and get entered to win prizes.
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Tune children into music stories
When grandchildren started accumulating, I accumulated a stack of CDs featuring nursery rhymes, alphabet songs, Bible songs, and the classic music that I remember from kindergarten.
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Celebrate Old Glory with books
Flag Day in the United States commemorates the resolution by the Second Continental Congress to adopt our flag on June 14, 1777. An Act of Congress in 1949 officially established June 14 as National Flag Day. The week of June 14 is National Flag Week.
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Books help children know about war
Memorial Day, formerly known as Decoration Day, is a federal holiday celebrated the last Monday in May to commemorate U.S. soldiers who died in military service. The first Decoration Day-type celebration was held May 1, 1865, by freed slaves in what is now Hampton Park.
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Titles for a discriminating 2-year-old
A certain 2-year-old boy, precious and precocious, came to stay with us for almost a week.
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Books explore relatively new territory
In a recent column, I was whining about the dearth of truly new material in children's picture books. Here, I'm contradicting myself and celebrating some recently published books that strike out into unexplored (relatively) territory.
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Old stories retold with new twists
According to some distinguished opinions, there are no new stories in the world. Our world just keeps recycling the originals.
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Reading to children reaps many benefits
One of my favorite days of the week is Thursday, because that's the day I volunteer in Michelle Garner's first-grade class at Whitesides Elementary. I've fallen in love with everyone in that room.
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Encourage children's creativity with art
'A spill. A smear. A smudge. A tear. When you think you have made a mistake, think of it as an opportunity to make something beautiful!"
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