Dictionaries

Use dictionaries to find information on titles, authors, characters, settings and quotations.

See all children's literature dictionaries or browse specific dictionaries:

• Dictionary of American children's fiction: 1859-1959 | 1960-1984 | 1985-1989 | 1990-1994 | 1995-1999
• Fifteen centuries of children's literature: an annotated chronology of British and American works in historical context
• Oxford dictionary of nursery rhymes
• Quotation index to children's literature
• Historical dictionary of children's literature
• Who's who in children's books
• The essential guide to children's books and their creators

Encyclopedias

Find encyclopedia articles in the Library Catalogue, filtering by resource type Reference Entries.

Or browse specific encyclopedias:

• Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature
• Continuum encyclopedia of children's literature
• Encyclopedia of children and childhood in history and society
• International companion encyclopedia of children's literature
• Cambridge guide to children's books in English
• The new republic of childhood: a critical guide to Canadian children's literature in English
• Oxford companion to children's literature
• Oxford companion to fairy tales: the Western fairy-tale tradition from Perrault to Pratchett

Biographies

Search our biography databases:

• Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
  Profiles of past and present authors, historians, journalists, screenwriters, publishers, and playwrights.
• Literature Criticism Online
  Modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres.
• Something about the author
  Examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults.