Nick Sharratt Peter badge. Nick Sharratt's work has been exhibited in Britain, Italy, Japan and U.S. 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
Tracy Beaker on reading lists for schools, so boys will be involved in the classroom. "The Story of Tracy Beaker" has been UK libraries' most-loaned book between 2000 and 2010. In its description of Tracy, an article for the "Herald Scotland" states: "Though her life is bleak, Tracy is funny, imaginative, articulate and hopeful, like all Wilson's heroines." A "Liverpool Echo" article describes Tracy as "a heroinea cult character who could be played by any actress." Winifred Robinson, writing in a "Daily Mail" editorial, criticised the character and suggested that behaviour such as her outbursts were influencing children to act in a