Children's Books Special: Interview with Jacqueline Wilson

History Lessons: Jacqueline Wilson's Sapphire Battersea continues the adventures of Heather Feather, Victorian Foundling. Pictured: 'Foundling girls at prayer in the chapel', c1855, by Sophia Anderson.

In a strong year for children’s fiction set in the past, Philip Womack talks to Jacqueline Wilson, whose series about a Victorian foundling called Hetty Feather has captured the hearts of her readers.
Story at The Telegraph.