Jacqueline Wilson also made the 1999 Whitbread Awards shortlist. "The Story of Tracy Beaker" won the 2002 Blue Peter People's Choice Award. "Girls in Tears" was the Children's Book of the Year at the 2003 British Book Awards. Two of her books were "Highly Commended" runners-up for the annual Carnegie Medal: "The Story of Tracy Beaker" (1991) and "Double Act" (1995). In June 2002, Wilson was appointed an OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she served as the fourth Children's Laureate. In that role Wilson urged parents and child-care providers to continue reading aloud to children
The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise) as a full episode on CBBC on 23 March 2014, a five-part miniseries called "The Dumping Ground Dish Up" aired in November 2015, "", another webisode series where young people and staff describe living and working in care, aired for two series from 25 January 2016 to 9 February 2017. A five-part mini webisode series, "Sasha's Contact Meetings", was released on 6 April 2018. In 2006, "The Story of Tracy Beaker" was adapted into a musical, featuring Sarah Churm as Tracy Beaker. Suzie McGrath played Justine Littlewood, Jessica Martin played Tracy's mum and Louise, Alice Redmond played Tracy's foster mother