Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge is a great picture book written by Mem Fox, illustrated by Julie Vivas . This book is about a young boy named Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge who lives next door to a nursing home. Wilfred is well known in his little neighborhood for his kind deeds he does and friendships he make with the older community. Later in the story Wilfred is faced with the challenge of finding out what a memory is. When he gathers all of the information he can, he does the unthinkable that will touch your heart in so many ways. This is a great book for all ages, although the desired age range is 3-8 years old. This book is an easy read with great pictures making the book a pleasant read for all. The themes of the book is geared towards friendship, and helping others, which could very well be taught to our children from reading this great selection.
Discussion Questions:
- Who are the main characters in the story?
- What is a memory?
- Why did Wilfred want to know what a memory was? What did he do with it?
- What did you learn from reading this book?
Motivational Activity:
Think of a good deed/ kind act that you can do for someone who is not able to do it for themselves.
If you enjoyed this book heres a list of more books from the author Mem Fox:
- Boo to a Goose
- Feathers and Fools
- Night Noises
- Shoes from Grandpa
- Sleepy Bears
- Sophie
Shantrea, this book sounds like a great one for teaching acts of kindness to the younger generation. In giving suggestions for literature response activities
ReplyDelete1). You could have the students bring in a picture of them doing a kind act and place in a scrapbook created to reflect kind acts. Each student would write a brief description of what they did and what it taught them.
2). Upon reading the book (Intermediate grade) have students write a essay on how doing good deeds could change their perspective in life for the ones that are less unfortunate.
These readers response activities ideas were in Chapter 12 of Literature and the Child (Galda,Cullinan,Sipe 2010).