Britain has a wonderful heritage of writing and illustration for children – from The Famous Five to We're Going on a Bear Hunt, British children’s books are among the best known and most widely read in the world. Seven Stories works hard to preserve this heritage for this and future generations. We are the custodians of a unique and ever-growing national archive of modern and contemporary children’s literature.
Seven Stories collects all sorts of material relating to children's books - not just the finished work, but all that goes into the making of a book. Our Collection includes things like rough artwork, draft manuscripts, dummy books, correspondence, editors notes, proofs, and anything else that helps us explore how books are created. Today, the Seven Stories Collection includes material by over 250 authors and illustrators: people like Enid Blyton, Philip Pullman, Robert Westall, Judith Kerr, Edward Ardizzone and Kaye Webb. We collect archives dating from around 1930, right up to the present day (we even have material for books that haven't been published yet!).
Visit our online archive at sevenstories.online
Britain has a wonderful heritage of writing and illustration for children – from The Famous Five to We're Going on a Bear Hunt , British children’s books are among the best known and most widely read in the world. Seven Stories works hard to preserve this heritage for this and future generations. We are the custodians of a unique and ever-growing national archive of modern and contemporary children’s literature. Seven Stories collects all sorts of material relating to...
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