A Brief History of Children's Diaries

Jacqueline Wilson peoples her stories with teens and pre-teens who struggle with hopelessly imperfect lives; beloved and believable characters.

Today Jacqueline gives us a brief history of children’s diaries and asks why we keep them and what we fill them with. She talks about lots of diaries including her own, your own, those of some of her characters and of course the most famous children’s diary in history -Anne Frank’s.

Jacqueline Wilson, former children’s laureate was voted English children’s favourite author. She has sold millions of books and even has an OBE. Her books include Girls in Love, Vicky Angel, Double Act, The Story of Tracy Beaker, which has recently been made into a TV series, and Secrets, the story of diary-writing and an unlikely friendship between two very different girls.

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