Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, Julie Vivas (Illustrator)
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(Paperback - American Edition)
- Age Range: For infants or children in preschool
- Pub. Date: September 1989
- 30pp
- Sales Rank: 9,254
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- ISBN-13: 9780916291266
- ISBN: 091629126X
- Edition Number: 1
- Edition Description: American Edition
Synopsis
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge lives next door to a nursing home in which several of his good friends reside. Of course, his favorite is Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, because she has four names just as he does. The only problem is Miss Nancy, who is 96, has "lost" her memory. Undaunted, Wilfred sets out to "find" Miss Nancy's memory for her. Full-color illustrations.
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A small boy tries to discover the meaning of "memory" so he can restore that of an elderly friend.
School Library Journal
Gr 1-3 A small boy, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, knows and likes all of the old folks in the home next door, but his favorite is Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper she has four names, too. Hearing that she has lost her memory, he asks the old folks what a memory is (``Something from long ago'' ; ``Something that makes you laugh;'' ``Something warm;'' etc.), ponders the answers, then gathers up memories of his own (seashells collected long ago last summer, a feathered puppet with a goofy expression, a warm egg fresh from the hen) to give her. In handling Wilfrid's memories, Nancy finds and shares her own. The illustrationssplashy, slightly hazy watercolors in rosy pastelscontrast the boy's fidgety energy with his friends' slow, careful movements and capture the story's warmth and sentiment. John Peters, New York Public Library
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridgeby DK_Fours
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April 27, 2009: Excellent book to have in the collection of death, dying, and getting older. Any time a book needs to be read about this, it's a great one to have on the shelf.
Memories Madeby Anonymous
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December 12, 2005: Though Mrs. Nancy may have lost her memory,she has gained a friend in a sweet little boy named Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. The pair become friends when he visits Mrs. Nancy at the nursing home where she lives. Wonderful memories are made and regained for Mrs. Nancy as young Wilfred reminds her of things from the past. As a school teacher, I would suggest this book for any age and for all school counselors!
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