The Big Issue

How the Big Issue steered Tracy Beaker's story

Jacqueline Wilson wrote The Story of Tracy Beaker in 1991 and the subsequent series has now spanned generations. More than 3.5 million Beaker books have been sold and the CBBC adaptation is the ...
The Big Issue

Tracy Beaker returns as a single mum living in social housing

When childrens author Jacqueline Wilson announced that a new Tracy Beaker book will be published this October, following the character’s journey from care home kid to adult life, fans of the books and ...
Radio Times

Dani Harmer on 20 years of Tracy Beaker, growing up in the spotlight and reprising the character for her upcoming series

For many growing up in the early noughties, The Story of Tracy Beaker was an after-school TV staple, with the rebellious, cheeky yet complex tween dropping by households across the UK from 4.25pm ...
Radio Times

Jacqueline Wilson on 30 years of Tracy Beaker, the origins of Bog Off and CBBC's new series

Turning 30 this year is Dame Jacqueline Wilson's character of Tracy Beaker – the children's literary heroine who thrilled young readers with her rebellious attitude and inventive vocabulary, before ...