17/07/2016 Newsround

Good morning from Birmingham Library where CBBC is having a weekend

This is Europe's largest public library, with nearly

So, the perfect venue for loads of top authors and CBBC stars.

One of yesterday's star attractions was Hetty Feather writer

Jacqueline Wilson, and she gave me a Newsround

I've just started writing a book about evacuees.

It hasn't got a title yet but I've been talking to

children and nearly all children in year five or six learn about

evacuees, and I did think how lovely it would be if this story

could become a kind of series, like Hetty Feather.

I have a girl called Shirley and she has been evacuated with two

boys that she doesn't like very much at the moment.

One called Kevin and one called Archie.

They are all kids from London and they're sent out to

Little Archie has never been to the countryside and is

I think it's because it's so real in my

head that I can't stop talking about it.

My children have just arrived in this strange place.

They don't like the look of the people

They are a bit scared but they're going to

Of course, this weekend is all about the authors and I've

got one of them right here - Game On writer, Bali Rai.

What do you think makes an awesome author?

The ability to remember what you as a young person. Having that

imagination. You have to be engaged with what young people are reading.

Who is your favourite author? A lady called Sue Townsend. She was a

massive role model only because she came from my home city of Leicester.

Game On is about a boy who has to choose between playing

for Liverpool and Leicester, so we thought we'd test your

Which city motto is Semper eadem, meaning "always the same"?

Liverpool fourth largest, Leicester is the 10th.

One of them has two Premier League football teams.

That's all from me, Newsround's back with loads more