Nick Sharratt Nick Sharratt Nick Sharratt (born August 9, 1962) is a British illustrator and author of children's books, and was chosen to be the Official Illustrator for World Book Day 2006. Sharratt has illustrated around 250 books, including over 50 books by award-winning author Jacqueline Wilson, among them "The Lottie Project", "Little Darlings" and "The Story of Tracy Beaker" which was the most borrowed library book in the UK for the first decade of this century. The books on which they have collaborated have sold more than 40 million copies in the UK and sales of picture books illustrated by Nick
Tracy Beaker Series 6 finale for Mike's wedding. Tracy Beaker is introduced as a ten-year-old girl living in a children's residential care home nicknamed the "Dumping Ground". The nickname is explained in "The Story of Tracy Beaker" as being where children in care are "dumped" when they are "past their sell-by date". She has been described as a modern heroine, with regular looks and curly brown hair. It is revealed that she has been placed in care not because she is an orphan but owing to her mother not being good at looking after her. Tracy imagines that her mother is a