- Wikidata identifier:
- Q7457480
- Also known as:
- The National Centre for Children's Books
- Instance of:
- museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 2191
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q7457480/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Seven Stories, the Centre for Children’s Books, collects manuscripts, artwork and pre-publication material associated with British children’s books and children’s literature from the 1930s onwards. Having grown from scratch, the collection now contains an estimated 400 linear metres of books, more than 250 boxes of manuscripts and archive material and at least 50 boxes of artwork. Childrens authors such as Philip Pullman, Robert Westall and Joan Aiken, illustrators such as Edward Ardizzone, Faith Jaques and Harold Jones, and editors such as Kaye Webb and Miriam Hodgson, are all well-represented in the archives. Seven Stories is the only institution actively collecting original artwork, manuscripts and other pre-publication material associated with British children’s books.
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC