Julia welcomed yesterday's High Court ruling against library closures in Gloucestershire and Somerset with a message of congratulations

In her second blog as Children's Laureate, Julia discusses the importance of public libraries - and gives her views on the government's newly published Future Libraries report.

I feel excited and honoured to be the new Children’s Laureate and to be following in the footsteps of Anthony Browne and his predecessors, all of whom are heroes of mine. It’s been hard keeping it a secret and I think friends have been wondering why I have been alternately wearing a grin of delight and a frown of impending responsibility.