The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature

Irish Times, Patricia Craig Daniel Hahn's Oxford Companion adds up to a wonderful assemblage of past glories, present enchantments, intriguing rediscoveries, useful annotation, informed opinion and pointers to the future of a fascinating branch of English literature.

Joy Court, Books for Keeps rarely a day goes by without me consulting this fascinating, invaluable treasure.

Carousel, Chris Riddell Anyone who wants to know more about the children's book world today will find this edition essential and one that will be dipped into time and time again.

School Librarian, Joy Court Every public library should have one [and] it is an essential purchase for any self respecting school library or English Department genuinely interested in promoting reading for pleasure.

A Hermit's Progress, Victoria Addis 07/06/2015 the volume that Hahn has put together does a very good job in balancing the influential writers of the past with newer voices, and offering a real sense of how children's literature has grown over the years.

Times Literary Supplement, Philip Womack a vast, rich yet contained network, in which new worlds can be discovered, and old worlds savoured afresh.

Daily Telegraph, Simon Mason an erudite, passionate dictionary of children's literature that runs from Aesop to Harry Potter... excitingly up to date

Guardian, Lucy Mangan It remains an indispensable, comprehensive and readily comprehensible Companion for old hands and new, crafted with loving care. It is a distillation of knowledge of a depth and breadth that makes you boggle anew at what one book can do.

Times, Alex O'Connell a learned and totally addictive guide

Oxford Times, Jaine Blackman This is one reference work that no one interested in the world of children's books should be without.

Achuka, Michael Thorn A tremendous achievement and a very worthy successor to the original. You should buy a copy.

Books for Keeps, Nicholas Tucker perhaps best of all, Hahn has preserved the agreeably donnish atmosphere of the original version, with its long entries on obscure authors or titles all written with love as well as erudition... I would not therefore ever want to be without the Oxford Companion, not so much despite but because of its endearing eccentricities, with its second edition admirably following up the charm and achievements of the first.

Bookwitch, Ann Giles If you like children's books, there is no question about it; you need a copy of the second edition.

Daniel Hahn is a writer, editor, and translator, with some fourty books to his name. With Leonie Flynn and Susan Reuben he has edited the award-winning Ultimate Book Guide series of reading guides for children and teenagers. He is on the board of a number of organizations that deal with literature and free speech.

FOREWORD ; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION ; A TO Z OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ; LIST OF PRIZES AND PRIZEWINNERS