Sarah Brown Visits Seven Stories Centre in the Ouseburn Valley
Nick with Sarah and the Tiger Who Came to Tea
Sarah Brown paid a visit to Seven Stories, the Centre for Children’s Books on Friday, visiting the region as a guest of Minister for the North East, Nick Brown. The Prime Minister’s wife was given an exclusive tour of the museum’s exhibition galleries and Bookshop by Chief Executive Kate Edwards.
The visit was Sarah’s only cultural engagement in the North East, and gave her the opportunity to experience first hand the pioneering work Seven Stories does, helping to preserve our rich heritage of British children’s books and manuscripts to engage families, young people and their carers in a unique exploration of creativity, literature and art.
Nick Brown, MP for Newcastle East said said: “Seven Stories, the Centre for Children Books in East Newcastle is a national treasure. There is nothing like it elsewhere in the United Kingdom. Friday’s visit by Sarah Brown was a wonderful chance to show our city at its best.”
Kate Edwards, Chief Executive of Seven Stories added: “Seven Stories is showing that children’s books matter. They matter because children who enjoy books are more likely to lead fulfilled lives and they matter because Britain has a rich and wonderful heritage of writing and illustration for children.
“It was a pleasure to welcome Sarah Brown and Nick Brown MP to Seven Stories so that they could see for themselves the ground-breaking work that we are doing here in Newcastle to celebrate children’s books and its important place in childhood.”
Seven Stories is the first museum in the UK dedicated to the art of children’s books and the creativity they inspire. Housed in a converted Victorian mill in the Ouseburn Valley, it is a national home for children’s books, showing how books are made, bringing them to life for visitors through lively exhibitions and events.