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| Resource: |
Book (CE6/FOX/w) Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
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| Author: |
Fox, Mem |
| Publisher: |
Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 1991 |
| Vendor: |
Barnes & Noble |
| Length: |
32 pgs |
| Subjects: |
Authors & Illustrators, Fox, Mem; Children's Books |
| # Copies: |
1 |
| ISBN/ISSN: |
9780916291266
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| Description: |
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge is a small boy who lives next to a home for old people, all of whom are his friends. His favorite is Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, because she has four names too. Wilfred is worried when he hears his parents mention that Miss Nancy has lost her memory. He asks the old people what a memory is, and all of their answers inspire him to fill a basket with objects. When this small boy presents the basket to Miss Nancy, each object sparks a special memory from her childhood. ANNOTATION A small boy tries to discover the meaning of "memory" so he can restore that of an elderly friend. FROM THE PUBLISHER 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. FROM THE CRITICS 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 |
| Age Groups: |
None specified.
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