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Literature

Children's Literature

• On-line Collections
  • Aesop's Fables
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  • Fairy Tales by H.C. Andersen
  • Grimm's Fairy Tales
  • Peter Pan
  • Jo's Boys
  • Little Women
  • Little Men

• Books and Characters
  • Banned Books: From Harriet the Spy to Catcher in the Rye
  • Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books
  • Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children
  • Best-Selling Children's Books, 2005
  • Best-Selling Children's Books of All-Time
  • Children's Literature (Encyclopedia)
  • Awesome Animal Books
  • Charlotte's Web: About the Book
  • Fantasy Books for Harry Potter Fans
  • Fantastic Fantasy Novels
  • Great Characters You Should Know
  • Most Popular Kids' Books in England
  • Ten Great Girl Characters: Novels
  • Top Mystery Books
  • Types of Literature

Literature (Encyclopedia)

• American Literature
• English Literature
• Literature in Other Modern Languages
• Fiction
  • The Novel
  • Short Stories
• Allusions: Literary, Biblical, Mythological, and Historical
• Literary Terms (Encyclopedia)
  • Allegory
  • Biography
  • Irony
  • Metaphor
  • Mystery
  • Satire
  • Tragedy
  • More Literary Terms
• Drama
  • Asian
  • Western
  • Shakespeare: His Life, Plays, and Poetry
  • Shakespeare's Plays
  • Shakespeare Quotes: Comedies
  • Shakespeare Quotes: Histories
  • Shakespeare Quotes: Tragedies

Foklore and Mythology

• American Folklore
• Ancient Greek Literature & Mythology
• Famous Storytellers
• Mythology
• Characters in Mythology
  • Eqyptian
  • Greek and Roman
  • Gods and Goddesses Around the World
  • Heroes in Greek Mythology
  • Monsters in Greek Mythology
  • Norse
  • The Olympian Gods and Goddesses
  • The Twelve Labors of Hercules
• Mythology and Folklore (Encyclopedia)

Authors

Some Favorite Authors

• C. S. Lewis
• J. K. Rowling
• Maurice Sendak
• Lemony Snicket
• Dr. Seuss
• J.R.R. Tolkien
• Laura Ingalls Wilder

Biographies: Notable Writers

Notable Writers

• African-American
• Asian-American
• Hispanic-American
• Irish
• Women

Awards

Awards For Children's Literature

• Caldecott Medal
• Newbery Medal
• Other Awards

Quotations

• African-American Quotations
• Advice to the Graduates
• Father's Day
• Mother's Day
• Quotations by Women
• Quotations For The Seasons
  • Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall
• Quotations from Classic Love Poems
• Shakespeare Quotes
• Those Quotable Irish
• Wedding Quotations

Literature and Authors: Just for Fun

Quizzes

• Bookworm Quiz
• Charlotte's Web: the Book
• Charlotte's Web Quiz: Quotes
• Harry Potter
• Harry Potter and Greek Mythology
• Hoot: the book by Carl Hiaasen
• Lemony Snicket Quizzes and More
• Little Women—Names Quiz
• Little Women—Quotations Quiz
• Little Women—Advanced Quiz
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
• Mythological Monsters Quiz
• A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

Other

• Comics Timeline
• Grinchy Trivia
• How A Charlie Brown Christmas Came to Pass
• Mystery Initials: Full names of famous authors