Jacqueline Wilson reads for zoo animals on World Book Day

Dame Jacqueline Wilson has been reading to animals at an East Sussex zoo. The event is to mark World Book Day on Wednesday. The zoo is in the town of Chichester, East Sussex. The book day event is being organised by the East Sussex Book Association.

Former children’s laureate read extracts from her best-selling book The Story of Tracey Beaker to the animals at Drusillas Zoo Park, near Alfriston. The renowned novelist spent time with capybaras, lemurs, meerkats, monkeys, and sloths. Southeast Today is a weekly, offbeat look at what’s happening in the region. This week, we look at the impact of flooding in the South East.

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