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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
by
Mem Fox,
Julie Vivas
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 illustratio...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
April 1st 1995
by Kane/Miller Book Publishers
(first published 1984)
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Once upon a time, if only in a picture book, a young boy—one Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge—lived next door to an old folk’s home.
Where he was lucky enough to know all the residents.
Like Mr. Tippett who was crazy about cricket.
But his very favorite resident was Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, and all because she had four names, like he did.
But his very favorite resident was Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, and all because she had four names, like he did.
After hearing his parents discussing poor Miss Nancy’s loss of memory, Wilfrid asks everyone at the home what a memory is before going in search of
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is about a young boy who goes to visit the elderly at the nursing home and makes a friend there named Miss. Nancy. Miss. Nancy lost her memory and the little boy didn't know what a memory was, so he went around to all the elderly and asked what a memory was. Every person answered differently which gave Wilfred Gordon an idea of how to find Miss. Nancy's lost memory. He brought her random things that he thought that would help her. As she picked up the various i...more
"Wilfred Gordon McDonald Patridge" by Mem Fox is a touching book mostly for adults but can be relatable to children. Fox was an Australian children's writer and this book was originally published in Australia. It is about a little boy who lives next to a nursing home and meets new friends. One day, he overhears his parents talk about his favorite friend in the nursing home named, Miss. Nancy who has lost her memory. Wilfred loves Miss. Nancy because she has four names like him--Miss. Nancy Aliso...more
As a younger child, my mother worked in a long-term care facility. Her shift was such that I would ride to work with her and then catch the bus from the facility to my school (yes, this was the seventies. . .we did these kinds of things).
I still remember Otto who made these lovely items out of rubber balls and yarn. I wish I had mine still.
I still remember Frieda who would bang her spoon around her bowl when it was empty. The memory is as clear as the Maypo I would share with the residents.
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I still remember Otto who made these lovely items out of rubber balls and yarn. I wish I had mine still.
I still remember Frieda who would bang her spoon around her bowl when it was empty. The memory is as clear as the Maypo I would share with the residents.
And...more
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This book is about a young boy named Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. He lives next door to an old people's home and he knows everyone that lives there. The story describes several elderly people by their names and a little about their personilities. But Wilfrid's favorite person at the elderly home is a lady by the name of Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper. He likes her because she has four names just as he did. He called her Miss Nancy and told her all his secrets. He overhears his parents...more
This may just be my favorite picture book ever. I discovered it during grad school when I worked at a children's bookstore, and it was love at first read. I don't think I have ever once read it without tearing up. When I read it to the littles yesterday, Scott had to step in near the end when I was too choked up to speak. It's a beautiful book, and true in the way that sometimes only fiction is.
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is a little boy who lives next to an old-age home. He is friends wit...more
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is a little boy who lives next to an old-age home. He is friends wit...more
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What a book! I get tears in my eyes each time I read this book, even though I know what's coming. Here are the things I liked and think are worthy to notice in a classroom: the illustrations, although cartoon like, are accurate in an interesting way. The older people in the book are overweight, have wrinkles, wear glasses, and wear commonly worn clothes for people at an old age home. I have been to an old age home where you walk in and see several people lined up in comfortable chairs just sitti...more
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I listened to Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox on storylineonline.net. It was read by Bradley Whitford, whom I was not familiar with, but was thoroughly impressed with oratory skills during the read aloud. Young Wilfrid is a boy that lives next door to a retirement home. He befriends several of the residents and the reader is introduced to many of them. Wilfrid "loved Mrs. Jordan who played the organ. He listened to Mr. Hosking who told scary stories. He played with Mr. Tippet who wa...more
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge was a young boy who lived next door to a retirement community. He loved visiting the older people. His favorite person was a woman named Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, because she had four names like he did. One day Wilfrid hears his parents talking about Miss Nancy and how she has no memory. He asks different people in the retirement home what a memory is. He gets many different answers. Such as something warm, something from long ago, something that makes you...more
Wifrid Gordon McDonald Partridge was the first of Mem Fox's books to be published in the United States. The story is based on her experience with her grandfather who lived in a nursing home. Fox creates a young boy, Wilfrid (her grandfathers name), who lives next door to a nursing home. He knows all the people who live there but his favorite person of all is Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper. He tells her all his secrets. When Wifrid hears his parents talking about poor old Nancy loosing her me...more
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, a small boy of unspecified age but “he wasn’t very old either,” lives next door to an old folks’ home and visits the residents there. Upon hearing that his particular friend Miss Nancy has lost her memory, Wilfrid Gordon sets himself a quest to learn what a memory is, and to find one to give Miss Nancy. Drawing on the insights of his other older friends and reaching into his own special treasures, he succeeds.
This is one of those children’s books I checked out...more
This is one of those children’s books I checked out...more
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is a small boy with a big name. He lives next door to a retirement home and he’s friends with all the residents, from Mr. Hosking who tells him crazy stories to Miss Mitchell who walks with a wooden stick. But Wilfrid’s favorite is Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt. She has a name as long as his and he tells her all his secrets. Wilfrid is confused when his parents tell him that Miss Nancy has lost her memory. He’s not quite sure what a memory is, so he asks his frien...more
I love this story. Wilfred's elderly neighbor, Miss Nancy, has lost her memories. He wants to help her find them but he's not sure what a memory is. So he begins asking other neighbors and they each describe memories in a different way...something sad, something funny, something warm, something from long ago, etc. So Wilfred collects an object for each of these descriptions to share with Miss Nancy, helping her to regain her own memories.
This is a wonderful book to read as a writing model. Child...more
This is a wonderful book to read as a writing model. Child...more
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge lives next door to the nursing home. He likes a lot of the people there for different reasons. He likes one lady in particular because she has four names like him. Miss Nancy has a bad memory and Wilfrid asks the others at the home what a memory is. His elderly friends tell him different things that a memory can be: warm, full of laughter, sentimental, and more. He finds things around his house to put in a box to help Miss Nancy get her memory back. She soon her...more
A young boy spends time in a nursing home trying to get to know the people who live there. While visiting he learns very important things about life and memories.
The brightly colored pages hold a great lesson about what young people can learn from older people. Often times, people forget how much we can learn from older people but Mem Fox writes this story to remind readers about how valuable the elderly are. For some students this book may have a difficult theme to grasp. It is hard for really...more
The brightly colored pages hold a great lesson about what young people can learn from older people. Often times, people forget how much we can learn from older people but Mem Fox writes this story to remind readers about how valuable the elderly are. For some students this book may have a difficult theme to grasp. It is hard for really...more
Bought this one on sale last week for $4. It's an oldie but a goodie - I remembered the cover from my own childhood, but not the story. The story is amazing. It literally made me weep when I read it to Jasper the first time. It's about a little boy with four names who lives next door to an old people's home. One day he hears his parents talking about his favourite old person, saying she's lost her memory, so he goes to the old people's home and asks all the people what a memory is. Then he colle...more
Mem Fox is one of my favorite authors. she has an wonderful way of pulling one into a story. In this story "a small boy called Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge.. who wasn't very old" is friends with all the old people from the house next door. But, his special friend is Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt with whom he shares all his secrets. One day Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge learns that he best friend has lost her memory. And this is where the magic of Mem Fox comes in. Wilfrid collects several...more
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This book did not have a book jacket the plastic around it was something similar. Just from looking at the cover and the title I was never be able to guess what was going on. This book did not have a dedication pages which weird to me because I wanted to know what made this author write this story. The images and colors uses on the cover give an old-school vibe. I thought the author did a great job with the space and having big characters on certain pages to emphasis their importance. The media...more
Published: 1984, Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Age: PreK-3
A touching story about a little boy who lives next to a nursing home. He talks to the people who live there and finds something interesting about each one of them. He especially likes one lady who has 4 names just like he does. The boy's parents say she has lost her memory because she is so old. He sets out to find out what "memory" is so he can help her get it back. He unknowingly ends up helping the lady get some fond memories back.
This i...more
Age: PreK-3
A touching story about a little boy who lives next to a nursing home. He talks to the people who live there and finds something interesting about each one of them. He especially likes one lady who has 4 names just like he does. The boy's parents say she has lost her memory because she is so old. He sets out to find out what "memory" is so he can help her get it back. He unknowingly ends up helping the lady get some fond memories back.
This i...more
Mem Fox’s Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge uses first-rate dialogue to express ideas of friendship, caring, curiosity, and remembrance. Fox also makes splendid use of figurative language by comparing memory throughout the book to a number of different things. She describes memory as something “warm,” something “from long ago,” something “that makes you cry,” something “that makes you laugh,” and something “as precious as gold.” This picture book allows young readers to engage in a rich and rewa...more
This story contained a wonderful mixture of hearwarming scenes and goofy characters. The different senior citizens that were portrayed were each made more enjoyable by the illustrations and the extremely relatable descriptions. The tale explained in a beautiful way how to discuss to children the sometimes hard truth of Alzheimers disease. The repetition of the dialoge worked very well to bring emphasis to each of the different answers given by the characters to the question of what a memory was....more
This book was very touching as it took you through Wilfrid's journey to find out what a "memory" is. Wilfrid is friends with all of the people in the retirement home next door, but his favorite is Nancy... Children will find Wilfrid's descriptions funny and adults will be deeply moved by the emotions relived by Nancy as Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge helps her to find her memories.
I think this is a great book to read to students and something adults can connect to as well. It bridges the gap...more
I think this is a great book to read to students and something adults can connect to as well. It bridges the gap...more
Fox and Vivas create a friendship between a "not very old" boy and very old people that is whimsical, innocent, down-to-earth, and deep. I haven't found enough books about young and old friendships - and fewer that handle them with such a light touch. As always, Fox creates a cadence using rhythm and repetition that makes you want to read along. Vivas is illustrations are full of life and movement. Wilfrid Gordon, in particular, is always in motion. The older people are huge - just as the would...more
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge is a young boy with lots of old friends. When his dearest old friend is losing her memory he goes on a search to help her find some new ones, since she had lost her own. This book can be used to teach about memories and helping friends. Beginning readers can read and discuss memories from the book, and using a text-to-self strategy, think about memories of their own and discuss them as well. This creatively written and beautifully illustrated story has a lot of...more
this is a very nice read aloud book that would get students to think about how they could help someone the way Wildfrid did for Miss. Nancy. It would be a good idea to have a discussion about why we should be thoughtful and willing to help other people and how it would make the person feel. Most students will understand how and why Miss. Nancy has memory loss because they too may have grandparents. Hopefully reading this book to students will encourage them to do something meaningful for their g...more
I have to say this is a favorite of mine. I loved how the child went around asking all the neighbors of hers what a memory was and when they gave him an answer he kept it close. By the time he was finished asking he joined all the answers together and went to his friend. I think this is a great book to teach children that even if they have a memory of something small that it could mean a lot later down the road. Hold on to everything you can and learn from it if something were to happen as a mi...more
What a lovely story of a little boy and a group of elderly residents of a nursing home! The water-color-like illustrations add a lovely whimsical element to a very touching story of this boy working to understand what it means to lose your memory and trying to help one of his elderly friends find her memory. One of the beautiful things about this story is the interplay between the very young boy and the elderly residents - who are not presented as doddering or foolish or any other stereotype.
A beautiful story about a boy trying to help an elderly woman retrieve her memories. This is included in our unit when we discuss themes of stories, because the theme of friendship is so well supported.
The book also contains a lot of talk about what a memory is. I use this to form a poem about memories using metaphors with my students. They in turn form their own metaphor poems about something else. I got this lesson from writingfix.com, which is one of my favorite sites for writing lessons.
The book also contains a lot of talk about what a memory is. I use this to form a poem about memories using metaphors with my students. They in turn form their own metaphor poems about something else. I got this lesson from writingfix.com, which is one of my favorite sites for writing lessons.
I Love this book! My great grandmother lost her memory when I was younger, so this is very close to home to me. I would love to use this with students and have them all create their own definition of what a memory is. I would also love to have this for any of my students who may have parents or grandparents or any family members who have lost their memory to help them cope with it and show them how even the simplest things can help people jog their memory. This is truly a special book!
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Mem Fox was born in Australia, grew up in Africa, studied drama in England, and returned to Adelaide, Australia in 1970, where she has lived with her husband, Malcolm, and daughter Chloë, happily ever after.
Mem Fox is Australia’s most highly regarded picture-book author. Her first book, Possum Magic, is the best selling children’s book ever in Australia, with sales of over three million. And in th...more
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Mem Fox is Australia’s most highly regarded picture-book author. Her first book, Possum Magic, is the best selling children’s book ever in Australia, with sales of over three million. And in th...more
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