17/07/2016

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:00:19. > :00:21.Good morning from Birmingham Library where CBBC is having a weekend

:00:22. > :00:23.This is Europe's largest public library, with nearly

:00:24. > :00:32.So, the perfect venue for loads of top authors and CBBC stars.

:00:33. > :00:34.One of yesterday's star attractions was Hetty Feather writer

:00:35. > :00:36.Jacqueline Wilson, and she gave me a Newsround

:00:37. > :00:41.I've just started writing a book about evacuees.

:00:42. > :00:43.It hasn't got a title yet but I've been talking to

:00:44. > :00:46.children and nearly all children in year five or six learn about

:00:47. > :00:49.evacuees, and I did think how lovely it would be if this story

:00:50. > :01:00.could become a kind of series, like Hetty Feather.

:01:01. > :01:03.I have a girl called Shirley and she has been evacuated with two

:01:04. > :01:06.boys that she doesn't like very much at the moment.

:01:07. > :01:11.One called Kevin and one called Archie.

:01:12. > :01:14.They are all kids from London and they're sent out to

:01:15. > :01:19.Little Archie has never been to the countryside and is

:01:20. > :01:30.I think it's because it's so real in my

:01:31. > :01:32.head that I can't stop talking about it.

:01:33. > :01:37.My children have just arrived in this strange place.

:01:38. > :01:40.They don't like the look of the people

:01:41. > :01:44.They are a bit scared but they're going to

:01:45. > :01:54.Of course, this weekend is all about the authors and I've

:01:55. > :01:57.got one of them right here - Game On writer, Bali Rai.

:01:58. > :02:04.What do you think makes an awesome author?

:02:05. > :02:14.The ability to remember what you as a young person. Having that

:02:15. > :02:21.imagination. You have to be engaged with what young people are reading.

:02:22. > :02:26.Who is your favourite author? A lady called Sue Townsend. She was a

:02:27. > :02:30.massive role model only because she came from my home city of Leicester.

:02:31. > :02:33.Game On is about a boy who has to choose between playing

:02:34. > :02:36.for Liverpool and Leicester, so we thought we'd test your

:02:37. > :02:46.Which city motto is Semper eadem, meaning "always the same"?

:02:47. > :02:54.Liverpool fourth largest, Leicester is the 10th.

:02:55. > :02:56.One of them has two Premier League football teams.

:02:57. > :03:07.That's all from me, Newsround's back with loads more