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Wilfrid Gordon Mcdonald Partridge

by Mem Fox

ISBN13: 9780916291266
ISBN10: 091629126X

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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.

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"The illustration's splashy, slightly hazy watercolors in rosy pastels contrast the boy's fidgety energy with his friends' slow, careful movements and capture the story's warmth and sentiment." School Library Journal

About the Author

Mem Fox is an Australian author of children's books and an educationalist specializing in literacy.

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`	Brenda L , May 13, 2008 (view all comments by Brenda L) This is an excellant story, beautifully written by Australian children's author Mem Fox. Great lessons to be learned by our friend Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge about how to treat the elderly with respect and joy! There are some things that may need to be explained to American children...like what Cricket is (the sport). I smile and tear up everytime I read it. The illustrations are gorgeous as well.
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