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  • Published: 1 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9781742753720
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224

Stories For Seven Year Olds




A collection of stories specially chosen for seven year olds

A collection of stories specially chosen for seven year olds

A man with a magnificent nose, a wild boy who lives by the sea, a crooked little finger and an elephant’s child, seven dwarfs who save a princess, a racing hippo and a dog who’s a best man, a nightingale with the sweetest song on earth, a girl who says she lives in a mansion and an escaping pigeon . . . you’ll find all these in STORIES FOR 7 YEAR OLDS.

  • Published: 1 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9781742753720
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224

About the authors

Linsay Knight

Linsay has written a number of non-fiction titles including two volumes of The Dictionary of Performing Arts (with two other writers)and Volcanoes and Under the Sea. She has edited various story collections, including 30 Australian Stories for Children, 30 Australian Ghost Stories for Children and Stories for 6,7,8 & 9 year olds.

In her spare time, Linsay enjoys playing the viola (she was the Principal Viola of the St Andrews Chamber Orchestra) and playing with her grandson, Ziggy.

Tom Jellett

Tom Jellett is an Australian book and editorial illustrator based in Sydney. Some of his work includes the Sporty Kids and The Besties series written by Felice Arena, Grandpa's Big Adventure and Grandpa's Space Adventure written by Paul Newman, his picture books with Justine Clarke and Arthur Baysting, The Gobbledygook is Eating a Book and The Gobbledygook and the Scribbledynoodle, and his acclaimed picture books with Michael Wagner Why I Love Footy, Why I Love Summer and Dirt by Sea.
His work can also be seen in a number of magazines and newspapers.