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Jacqueline Wilson talks to Michael Rosen about language
Writer Jacqueline Wilson talks to Michael Rosen about her love of language, how she came up with the idea of Tracy Beaker, her imaginative life as a child and the books she loved.
Writer Jacqueline Wilson talks to Michael Rosen about her love of language and how she came up with the idea of Tracy Beaker. She describes her imaginative life as a child, walking along telling stories to herself under her breath, fascinated by words. She can trace her interest in writing real and believable children to the books that she loved as a child, from Little Women to Lolita..
Producer Beth O'Dea.
Last on
Mon 1 May 2017
23:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Tue 25 Apr 2017 16:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 1 May 2017 23:00BBC Radio 4
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