Seven Stories

This article is about the UK children's literature centre. For the Australian rock group, see Seven Stories (band). For the United States publisher, see Seven Stories Press.

Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books
The exterior of Seven Stories
Map
Established2005
LocationOuseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
TypeChildren's literature and illustration from 1930s to the present day
DirectorWendy Elliot
Public transit accessManors, Byker (Tyne and Wear Metro)
Websitewww.sevenstories.org.uk

Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books is a museum and visitor centre dedicated to children's literature and based in the Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, close to the city's regenerated Quayside. The renovated Victorian mill in which it is housed has seven levels.[1] It is the first and only museum in the UK wholly devoted to the art of British children's books.[2] Their archive is housed in a separate building in Felling.[3]

  1. ^ Oakden, Rachael (23 December 2015). "Take the kids to … Seven Stories, Newcastle upon Tyne". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ^ Stephen Emms (22 December 2009). "The beating art of Newcastle". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Almond, David (28 July 2015). "David Almond: the tale of Seven Stories". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2016.