British Literature: Children's Literature

English illustrator: noted for his stylized black-and-white illustrations, especially those for Oscar Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock. MORE

English book illustrator and writer of books for children. MORE

From Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
A prolific illustrator of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults, S. is best known for his detailed pen-and-ink drawings for volumes of children's stories and poems written by a variety of authors. MORE

From The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English
British artist. Like his contemporary, Aubrey Beardsley, Rackham started his working life in an insurance office and, also like Beardsley, he was influenced by Japanese prints and the Pre-Raphaelites. MORE

From Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
The Greenaway Medal is given for the most distinguished work in illustration of children's books first published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year. MORE

From Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
The Carnegie Medal is given for a children's book of outstanding merit written in English and first published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year. MORE

British writer, the daughter of Conrad Aiken, born in Sussex, SE England, UK. MORE

From Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature
Barrie figures significantly in English fiction and drama from the Victorian and modernist periods. His reputation has been more erratic than the reputation of some of his contemporaries. MORE

Enid Blyton is famous as the creator of Noddy, a small pixielike character, as well as being the writer of many other successful children's stories. MORE

Writer of children’s stories, born in Berkshire, S England, UK. Educated in Reading, he was a television cameraman (1947–66) before becoming a full-time writer. MORE

From The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English
English illustrator and children's writer Born in Farnham, Surrey. MORE

English writer; an Oxford mathematics don who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1872) and the nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876). MORE

Writer, born in Llandaff, Cardiff, S Wales, UK, of Norwegian parents. MORE

From Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows (1908), was the third of four children of a rather unsuccessful lawyer, reputedly descended from Robert the Bruce. MORE

English author, born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. MORE

Scottish historian and folklore scholar. MORE

English academic and writer, born in Belfast. MORE

Novelist and children’s author, born in Cairo, Egypt. MORE

English writer of plays, books for children, and novels; best-known works include verse in When We Were Very Young (1924) and Now We Are Six (1927) and the stories Winnie-The-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). MORE

From Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Nicknamed “Daisy,” Nesbit was the youngest of six children (although one authority said she was the youngest of five). MORE

Writer and illustrator of books for children, born in London, UK. MORE

British writer who was born in Norwich and read English at Oxford, where he subsequently settled. MORE

British author; wrote the Harry Potter series of children's novels, the first of which was Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997). MORE