Sheila Egoff

Sheila Egoff OC
Born	(1918-01-20)January 20, 1918 Auburn, Maine, US
Died	May 22, 2005(2005-05-22) (aged 87) Vancouver, BC, Canada
Occupation	Literary critic, historian, librarian
Title	Professor of children's literature
Academic background
Alma mater	University College, London
Academic work
Institutions	University of British Columbia

Sheila Agnes Egoff OC (January 20, 1918 – May 22, 2005) was a Canadian librarian, literary critic, and historian who was Canada's first professor of children's literature. A recipient of the Order of Canada, she was known for her studies of children's fiction including The Republic of Childhood (1967), Thursday's Child (1981) and Worlds Within (1988). The Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize is named after her.