I thank Sue and Matt for offering me a Nanna Strawberry book display and sales
table in their lovely SMATTS DUO CAFE which always supply superb food and
never lets up on quality and friendly service. Please call in on Saturday 21 Sept
to see my Nanna Strawberry Stories series one, 11 of which are published,
No 12 still in progress. If you wish to buy one, they are £3.99 each, or 3 for £10.
Appealing anecdotal stories, well illustrated on each page in a style children enjoy.
You may like to book a visit by Nanna Strawberry for a book reading at your
school or community group. These are always well received and full of fun.
Call in to discuss.
This community Sheepfest is great fun, well worth a visit and walk along Main Street
and St Andrew's church, some fantastic creations and fun for children all day.
All the town's business people and voluntary groups 'have a go' at creating an
amusing sheep image with themes to raise laughter and generally much admiration too
when displayed in or outside shop windows,cafes, pubs, church grounds, and elsewhere.
A quiz paper is available to complete the list of exhibits once you have seen each
of them. On show all weekend, from 21st SEPTEMBER.
Nanna Strawberry looks forward to seeing those along Main Street from 16 September.
Audrey Wilson, Author, Illustrator and Publisher - Nanna Strawberry Stories
Contact details For Audrey / Nanna Strawberry
email: nannastrawberrystories@gmail.com
Telephone: mobile 07538623739
Contact details:
30 Aug 2019
9 Aug 2019
KIRKBY LIBRARY THURS 15TH AUGUST 11AM
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME ALONG !
Nanna Strawberry described some of her books and read one of them,
'Nanna Strawberry Reads Stories To Sophie' to a lovely gathering of
children accompanied by parents or grandparents who all participated in
guessing the clues to the names of stories which Sophie had stopped Nanna
Strawberry from reading, because, for example, "I do not l ike porridge" !
Can YOU guess the title of that story ?
Children then enjoyed the Fairy Tale Quiz by Children's Librarian, Gerry,
and her Picture Quiz which they later coloured in.
Great fun, all free, enjoying books during summer holidays.
Nanna Strawberry was very pleased when some children became the happy
owners of one or more of her stories books. She always feels great when
someone likes her books enough to buy one of them ! The money will also
help her to publish Book No 12 'Nanna Strawberry Goes To a Wedding'.
Nanna also thanks Gerry for giving her a car lift to and from Kirkby Library
and for all her assistance. She donated three of her stories to Knowsley Libraries
in appreciation for inviting her to take part in their Summer book reading activities.
Love and bes wishes from author Audrey Wilson 'Nanna Strawberry' x
email: nannastrawberrystories@gmail.com
Nanna Strawberry described some of her books and read one of them,
'Nanna Strawberry Reads Stories To Sophie' to a lovely gathering of
children accompanied by parents or grandparents who all participated in
guessing the clues to the names of stories which Sophie had stopped Nanna
Strawberry from reading, because, for example, "I do not l ike porridge" !
Can YOU guess the title of that story ?
Children then enjoyed the Fairy Tale Quiz by Children's Librarian, Gerry,
and her Picture Quiz which they later coloured in.
Great fun, all free, enjoying books during summer holidays.
Nanna Strawberry was very pleased when some children became the happy
owners of one or more of her stories books. She always feels great when
someone likes her books enough to buy one of them ! The money will also
help her to publish Book No 12 'Nanna Strawberry Goes To a Wedding'.
Nanna also thanks Gerry for giving her a car lift to and from Kirkby Library
and for all her assistance. She donated three of her stories to Knowsley Libraries
in appreciation for inviting her to take part in their Summer book reading activities.
Love and bes wishes from author Audrey Wilson 'Nanna Strawberry' x
email: nannastrawberrystories@gmail.com
8 Aug 2019
PRESCOT LIBRARY HOLIDAY QUIZ
Childnre's Librarian, Gerry, kindly collected Nanna Strawberry from her home
for the free holiday activity at Prescot Library.
We were pleased that Tabitha attended with her Mum. Clearly very keen on
reading story books, and hearing Nanna Strawberry read her book
'Nanna Strawberry Tells Stories to Sophie'. Tabitha took part in answering
Nanna Strawberry's questions about the fairy tales Sophie had stopped her from
reading. Remember them? "Do not like giants" "Do not like porridge" and so on.
Clever Tabitha guessed all the titles correctly. Then she took part in the Quiz prepared
by Ginny. Again very successfully. We learned that Tabitha holds lots of ambitions for
the future... to be a fireman, or one of several other professions.
Nanna Strawberry told her she thought that Tabitha was going to be a famous author.
She was very good at creating characters in her mind, so could write some wonderful
stories about a fireman, or a doctor, etc. Despite only having Tabitha with us for this
holiday activity, we could not have had a more intelligent and interested little girl with us
to share our activities.
Thank you Tabitha, and your lovely Mum for all her encouragement to you.
Love Nanna Strawberry and Gerry. (Next at Kirkby Library, 15th August 11am).
for the free holiday activity at Prescot Library.
We were pleased that Tabitha attended with her Mum. Clearly very keen on
reading story books, and hearing Nanna Strawberry read her book
'Nanna Strawberry Tells Stories to Sophie'. Tabitha took part in answering
Nanna Strawberry's questions about the fairy tales Sophie had stopped her from
reading. Remember them? "Do not like giants" "Do not like porridge" and so on.
Clever Tabitha guessed all the titles correctly. Then she took part in the Quiz prepared
by Ginny. Again very successfully. We learned that Tabitha holds lots of ambitions for
the future... to be a fireman, or one of several other professions.
Nanna Strawberry told her she thought that Tabitha was going to be a famous author.
She was very good at creating characters in her mind, so could write some wonderful
stories about a fireman, or a doctor, etc. Despite only having Tabitha with us for this
holiday activity, we could not have had a more intelligent and interested little girl with us
to share our activities.
Thank you Tabitha, and your lovely Mum for all her encouragement to you.
Love Nanna Strawberry and Gerry. (Next at Kirkby Library, 15th August 11am).
24 Jul 2019
HOLLY LODGE SUMMER SCHOOL
Nanna Strawberry thoroughly enjpyed her visit to
Holly Lodge Summer School yesterday, Thursday 25th
for readings and activities from Nanna Strawberry Books.
There was good interaction from the pupils who will be
attending Holly Lodge Girls College in September and had
therefore been invited to Summer School to meet each other
One lively girl described her dance experiences in New Brighton
and the opportunity on one occasion to have a look inside
its lighthouse on the shore. She described climbing steps,
upward and round and round to the top of the lighthouse.
It was good to learn that this well known lighthouse in New
Brighton is open to the public from time to time.
At the conclusion of Nanna Strawberry's readings and
questions, she was invited to present each participant with
a pre-prepared inscribed copy of her book, No.6 in series,
Nanna Strawberry Remembers The Young Queen...and schooldays.
Her own schooldays were first at Winstone Road Primary School
(now Dovecot Primary School, on a different site) then at
Grant Road Secondary Modern (now site of Dovecot P S)
then to Holly Lodge High School for Girls (now called
Holly Lodge Girls College and in newly built premises in
former grounds of Uplands at Holly Lodge High School).
She told her young audience that she clearly recalled her
own first day at Holly Lodge, where new pupils were
gathered outside Sandheyes, and her mother led her to a
group of girls and said "This is Audrey, what are your names?"
Embarrassing as that was, she was now glad to report that,
amazingly, three of those girls have remained her life long friends
despite being dispersed in their future lives and following
different careers. She hoped that many of the girls present
were now beginning lifelong friendships which may one day
even be passed on to their own children befriending each other.
There is something rather special in having friends who remember
their shared schooldays in youth, and growing maturity.
My thanks to Mrs Debbie Rhodes for liaising with me and
her assistance during my visit.
Love and best wishes to everyone at Holly Lodge,
from
Audrey Wilson MBE (ex Holly Lodge pupil Audrey Greenbank 1950s)
Author, Illustrator and Publisher , Nanna Strawberry Stories -for ages 3 to 80+
Contact details:
email: nannastrawberrystories@gmail.com
Text message to mobile telephone 07538623739
Holly Lodge Summer School yesterday, Thursday 25th
for readings and activities from Nanna Strawberry Books.
There was good interaction from the pupils who will be
attending Holly Lodge Girls College in September and had
therefore been invited to Summer School to meet each other
One lively girl described her dance experiences in New Brighton
and the opportunity on one occasion to have a look inside
its lighthouse on the shore. She described climbing steps,
upward and round and round to the top of the lighthouse.
It was good to learn that this well known lighthouse in New
Brighton is open to the public from time to time.
At the conclusion of Nanna Strawberry's readings and
questions, she was invited to present each participant with
a pre-prepared inscribed copy of her book, No.6 in series,
Nanna Strawberry Remembers The Young Queen...and schooldays.
Her own schooldays were first at Winstone Road Primary School
(now Dovecot Primary School, on a different site) then at
Grant Road Secondary Modern (now site of Dovecot P S)
then to Holly Lodge High School for Girls (now called
Holly Lodge Girls College and in newly built premises in
former grounds of Uplands at Holly Lodge High School).
She told her young audience that she clearly recalled her
own first day at Holly Lodge, where new pupils were
gathered outside Sandheyes, and her mother led her to a
group of girls and said "This is Audrey, what are your names?"
Embarrassing as that was, she was now glad to report that,
amazingly, three of those girls have remained her life long friends
despite being dispersed in their future lives and following
different careers. She hoped that many of the girls present
were now beginning lifelong friendships which may one day
even be passed on to their own children befriending each other.
There is something rather special in having friends who remember
their shared schooldays in youth, and growing maturity.
My thanks to Mrs Debbie Rhodes for liaising with me and
her assistance during my visit.
Love and best wishes to everyone at Holly Lodge,
from
Audrey Wilson MBE (ex Holly Lodge pupil Audrey Greenbank 1950s)
Author, Illustrator and Publisher , Nanna Strawberry Stories -for ages 3 to 80+
Contact details:
email: nannastrawberrystories@gmail.com
Text message to mobile telephone 07538623739
18 Jul 2019
DOVECOT PRIMARY SCHOOL FAIR
Congratulations to all concerned on organising such an enjoyable Fair
in school grounds on a warm sunny day, Also for allocating a table for
the display and sale of Nanna Strawberry Stories. Several children were
very pleased to be able to buy one of these story books.
It was very heartwarming to experience the warm and excited reception by
many pupils who had enjoyed Nanna Strawberry's recent visit to their school.
The name "Nanna Strawberry" rang out from all directions, such was the
excitement when I was seen behind my table !
My thanks to everyone who bought books or stopped for a chat about them.
I was very pleased to make a donation to their school from book sales.
I also thank Dovecot School for puchasing a full set of Nanna Strawberry
books for school use and interest and to Mrs S Buckle for her helpful liaison
with me. Happy summer holidays everyone !
Nanna Strawberry
in school grounds on a warm sunny day, Also for allocating a table for
the display and sale of Nanna Strawberry Stories. Several children were
very pleased to be able to buy one of these story books.
It was very heartwarming to experience the warm and excited reception by
many pupils who had enjoyed Nanna Strawberry's recent visit to their school.
The name "Nanna Strawberry" rang out from all directions, such was the
excitement when I was seen behind my table !
My thanks to everyone who bought books or stopped for a chat about them.
I was very pleased to make a donation to their school from book sales.
I also thank Dovecot School for puchasing a full set of Nanna Strawberry
books for school use and interest and to Mrs S Buckle for her helpful liaison
with me. Happy summer holidays everyone !
Nanna Strawberry
6 Jul 2019
GREENBANK SCHOOL FAIR
Nanna Strawberry had a very enjoyable time at the Greenbank School's Fair where
she was allocated a table to display and sell her Nanna Strawberry Stories.
It was a treat to be so welcomed, especially by pupils who were quite excited to see
Nanna Strawberry there and came to greet her, or to call her across the hall, with a
wave and big smile. Some of the children bought a second book, having enjoyed the
one they bought last week, and others were glad to have the opportunity to buy their
first one. It was also very encouraging to hear from some parents how much their child
had enjoyed her story telling last week and had told them all about it after school.
Sincere thanks to all staff, parents and children for their welcome and support and
CONGRATULATIONS on achieving such a clearly successful Fair and great raffle!
It was a pleasure to be there.
"Happy Birthday" too, to Mrs Jean Weir !
Nanna Strawberry.
she was allocated a table to display and sell her Nanna Strawberry Stories.
It was a treat to be so welcomed, especially by pupils who were quite excited to see
Nanna Strawberry there and came to greet her, or to call her across the hall, with a
wave and big smile. Some of the children bought a second book, having enjoyed the
one they bought last week, and others were glad to have the opportunity to buy their
first one. It was also very encouraging to hear from some parents how much their child
had enjoyed her story telling last week and had told them all about it after school.
Sincere thanks to all staff, parents and children for their welcome and support and
CONGRATULATIONS on achieving such a clearly successful Fair and great raffle!
It was a pleasure to be there.
"Happy Birthday" too, to Mrs Jean Weir !
Nanna Strawberry.
3 Jul 2019
ST MARY'S CHURCH, STRAWBERRY FAYRE
It was great to have a stall at this enjoyable event, Saturday 29th June and I thank everyone who
bought a Nanna Strawberry book. The sun shone on volunteers and customers with occasional
clouds to help us cool down ! Teas great! I was pleased to have 15 customers, three of whom
bought sets of 3 books at their discount price, so £15 donated to Fair proceeds. I have since
received a lovely photo with 'customer' Eleanor, taken by her father at my Nanna Strawberry stall.
Love and best wishes to all concerned,
Audrey Wilson
Nanna Strawberry stories.
bought a Nanna Strawberry book. The sun shone on volunteers and customers with occasional
clouds to help us cool down ! Teas great! I was pleased to have 15 customers, three of whom
bought sets of 3 books at their discount price, so £15 donated to Fair proceeds. I have since
received a lovely photo with 'customer' Eleanor, taken by her father at my Nanna Strawberry stall.
Love and best wishes to all concerned,
Audrey Wilson
Nanna Strawberry stories.
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