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E-books of American and English literature--poetry, drama, fiction, and the Bible. Search for a word or phrase across all the literature, or browse collections.

Information about books and authors.

Biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures, plus thousands of images.

Full-text literary journals, literary reference works, plot summaries, literary criticism, author biographies and interviews, and the full-text of thousands of poems and short stories.

Access to popular literary criticism series, covering authors who lived from 1800 through 2009. Citations are provided for all entries.

Book, series, and author information, reviews, read-a-likes, and much more for thousands fiction titles.

Database of young adult, children's and easy titles with a student-focused interface, designed for PreK through Middle School ages

Nonfiction book reviews; collection development resource for librarians

Animated, talking picture books, which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.