Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge- Picture book

 

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partidge was written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Julie Vivas. It's first American publication was by Kane/Miller Book Publishers in 1985. It's a picture book with very unique and beautiful illustrations. The illustrations were created with watercolor paint and placed on much negative space giving each page a focus on each character in the story.

I personally love this story. It's about a young boy that lives beside a home for the elderly; he makes friends with the people who live there and when he finds out his favorite person has lost her memory, he tries his hardest to bring it back. And by the end of the story, he actually does.

 

I think this is a good source of children's literature because the story is very different from the typical. It also shows kindness, caring, and a willingness to help people that can't help themselves.

 

In the story, Wilfrid Gordon collects things like a shell, a medal, and a puppet to help his friend, Miss Nancy, get her memory back. As a follow-up activity, assign the students to write about something they own that reminds them of a special memory from their life.

 

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.3

Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.