Jacqueline Wilson is New Children's Laureate
The award-winning children's writer Jacqueline Wilson was this evening announced as the new Children's Laureate at a ceremonyat BAFTA in London. She was presented with theLaureate medal and a bursary of £10,000 by Sir Christopher Frayling. Chairman of Arts Council England.
Jacqueline is the fourth winner of the biennial award and she takes up the baton from Michael Morpurgo, who has made stories the focus of his two years of activities. One of the many events he has spoken at was the SLA /IASL conference in Dublin last summer.
The new Children's Laureate announced that she will be spending time focusing on the development of a love of reading in younger children by encouraging story times in libraries, schools and among families. No stranger to awards she has been given a special Childline award, a Nibbie for services to bookselling and in 2002 was awarded an OBE for services to literacy.
Jacqueline is the fourth winner of the biennial award and she takes up the baton from Michael Morpurgo, who has made stories the focus of his two years of activities. One of the many events he has spoken at was the SLA /IASL conference in Dublin last summer.
The new Children's Laureate announced that she will be spending time focusing on the development of a love of reading in younger children by encouraging story times in libraries, schools and among families. No stranger to awards she has been given a special Childline award, a Nibbie for services to bookselling and in 2002 was awarded an OBE for services to literacy.
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