Rent a Bridesmaid

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The Illustrated Mum (2003, Channel 4). Starring former EastEnders star Michelle Collins as Marigold Westward, who won a BAFTA Award for her role, and who went on to play Stella Price in Coronation Street, Alice Connor as Dolphin Westward and Holly Grainger as Star Westward. This was a four-part mini-series but later shown as a full feature with no ad breaks. It was again repeated at Christmas 2004. Original broadcast date: 5 December 2003.

Tilly can't believe it when her best friend Matty is asked to be a bridesmaid. In Tilly's favourite daydream, she's wearing the most beautiful bridesmaid dress and walking down the aisle behind a bride. The one wedding she'd really love to attend is her own mum and dad's - but it seems like that's never going to happen. So Tilly decides to make her own dream come true, and puts a notice in the local shop, advertising her services as a bridesmaid. And to her amazement, she gets a reply...A fabulous, funny and moving story about finding family and friendship in all sorts of places, from the mega-bestselling author of Tracy Beaker, Hetty Feather and Katy. About This Edition ISBN: Review: Truth or Dare, Jacqueline Wilson". Drizzle and Hurricane. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020 . Retrieved 20 April 2020. Lea, Richard (8 February 2008). "James Patterson stamps out library competition". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 August 2008. Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners". The Guardian. 12 March 2001 . Retrieved 2 August 2012. Matty is her best friend she meets at school and sets off her bridesmaid dreams even more when Matty has to wear a special raspberry pink girly dress and be a bridesmaid which she doesn't want to do. Matty is more rough and tumble!My Brother Bernadette (review)". My Comfy Chair. 10 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020 . Retrieved 20 April 2020. For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, Wilson was a UK nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2014. [29]

Rainbow, Butterfly (24 August 2011). "Little Darlings by Jacqueline Wilson - review". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016 . Retrieved 20 April 2020. In October 2005, she received an honorary degree from the University of Winchester in recognition of her achievements in and on behalf of children's literature. [25] In July 2007, the University of Roehampton awarded her an Honorary Doctorate ( Doctor of Letters) in recognition of her achievements in and on behalf of children's literature. [25] She has also received honorary degrees from the University of Dundee, the University of Bath and Kingston University. [25] Tilly or Matilda is a young girl of nine living with her dad but dreaming always of her mum coming home and being a bridesmaid at their wedding. EDIT: Part of my 2023 clear-up, of books I no longer like, or am no longer interested in, or remember well as standing out, or find as special anymore, or I otherwise will not miss.

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Well, my job as a librarian has many, many perks. One of which is that I get to take home damaged books with me to keep, sometimes. This one was marked as decidedly doomed and its library days were over. So, I took it home. I like to stay reasonably up-to-date with children's fiction so I can give genuine recommendations.

Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain’s bestselling and most beloved children’s authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold. Carnegie Medal Award". 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University ( CCSU). Retrieved 13 July 2012. With a great, plausible premise for modern England - a little girl working as a "bridesmaid-for-hire" for various weddings (well, three at the moment) - and lovely, believable, and relatable and flawed characters and scenarios, 'Rent a Bridesmaid' is delicious fun.Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold. The Dumping Ground (2013–). The continued life at the Dumping Ground after Tracy Beaker moves on to a new care home, and focuses more on just one child in the care home. Not a book by Jacqueline Wilson but inspired by the Tracy Beaker novels. Profile: Jacqueline Wilson: Are you sitting uneasily, children?' The Sunday Times, 15 February 2004. Armitstead, Claire (14 February 2004). "Profile: Jacqueline Wilson". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 29 September 2017. Double Act (2002, Channel 4). Starring twins Zoe and Chloe Tempest-Jones as Ruby and Garnet, with a special appearance by Jacqueline Wilson as the casting director at the auditions. This was a one-off 100-minute feature.

Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books) an imprint of Random House Children's Publishers UK Ask Tracy Beaker and Friends. Penguin Books. 27 February 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020 . Retrieved 20 April 2020. Best Friends (2004, ITV). This was a six-part miniseries, but was originally broadcast as one feature with a slightly different ending. It starred Chloe Smyth as Gemma and Poppy Rogers as Alice. Original broadcast date: 3 December 2004. This was repeated on the CITV Channel on 6 March 2010. Nine-year-old Matilda "Tilly" Andrews is given her new best friend's bridesmaid's dress as a present, a raspberry-coloured, cakey delight of a dress, that the friend, Matty, hated wearing. But Tilly loves it so much that she wants a chance to wear it for a wedding immediately. But no one she knows is getting married yet, least of all her dad and her estranged mum, and she'll soon outgrow the dress, and then it will be too late. So she and Matty come up with an ad for a shop window that says she'll rent herself as a bridesmaid to anyone's wedding, free of charge even.

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As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children's Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children's Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame.