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) is currently in its sixth series. On 21 February 2004, "" aired on CBBC. For Children In Need that year, a "The Story of Tracy Beaker" special aired on CBBC titled "Tracy Beaker Parties With Pudsey". "Tracy Beaker Returns" aired one spin-off, "Tracy Beaker Survival Files", which aired for one series from 16 December 2011 to 6 January 2012. "The Dumping Ground" currently has had five spin-off's: "The Dumping Ground Survival Files" aired for two series from 6 January to 12 December 2014, a webisode miniseries "Liam's Story" aired from 17 January to 14 March 2018 and the series aired