Thank you Shirley

Thank you for transporting me back to my childhood in the pages of your books

Thank for reassuring me that it is always right to put family first

Thank you for encouraging me to enjoy a simple life cherishing the ordinary and every day

Thank you for the memories of the 70s and 80s that framed my childhood

Thank you for the smiles and laughter

Thank you for making me a reader

Thank you for golden hours of sharing your beautiful books with my own children

Thank you for being a comfort and a companion

Thank you for inspiring me to be the best mother I can be

Thank you for being a window to the childhood I loved

Thank you for seeing us and including us in your wonderful illustrations

Thank you for sharing your own family and life with us that we may all learn from your actions and observations

Thank you for making the ordinary extraordinary

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Thank you for creating a memory bank for the world of what life was like for us before

You captured it all.

The magic of childhood

The joy to be found in the great outdoors

The love and warmth in family connections

The delicious happiness of friendship

The power of play

Thank you Shirley

We will remember and honour you always

As your words and pictures remembered and honoured us

Ordinary families living extraordinary daily lives

Thank you x