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{{short description|1984 Children's picture book by Mem Fox}} |
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'''''Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge''''' is a 1984 |
'''''Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge''''' is a 1984 children's picture book by [[Mem Fox]]. It is about a boy, Wilfrid, who helps an elderly friend, Nancy, to regain some of her memory. In 1998, American company [[Weston Woods Studios|Weston Woods Studio]] released a film adaptation of this book, narrated by the author with music by Ernest Troost. |
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== Basis == |
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The name of the boy who is the central character is that of Fox's father, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, who, with his wife, Nancy, was sent to Zimbabwe as a teaching missionary.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Fox |first=Mem |author-link=Mem Fox |date=May 1993 |editor-last= |editor-first= |title=Politics and literature: Chasing the "isms" from children's books |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20201162 |journal=[[The Reading Teacher]] |volume=46 |issue=8 |pages=654–658 |jstor=20201162 |via=}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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''[[School Library Journal]]'' wrote "The illustrations 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]]'' wrote: "The illustrations - 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".<ref name=slj>{{cite journal |last=Peters |first=John |title=Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1966029056 |url-access=subscription |journal=School Library Journal |volume=32 |issue=6 |date=February 1986 |location=New York |page=73 |id={{ProQuest|1966029056}} |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> |
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''Alzheimer's Australia'' found it "sensitively written".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fightdementia.org.au/national/library/book-review-wilfred-gordon-mcdonald-partridge |title=Book review - Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge |website=Alzheimer's Australia |access-date=7 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217005337/https://www.fightdementia.org.au/national/library/book-review-wilfred-gordon-mcdonald-partridge}}</ref> A review by the [[NYU Langone Medical Center]] called it "a magnificently written and illustrated story about communication".<ref name=lmc>{{cite web |url=http://medhum.med.nyu.edu/view/1648 |title=Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge |website=medhum.med.nyu.edu |access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> |
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Fox herself has noted the politically loaded aspects of the story, in having a white hero, separating the elderly from their families, and having a focus on nuclear families.<ref name=":0" /> |
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''Wilfrid Gordon'' has also been reviewed by ''[[Booklist]]'',<ref>{{cite journal |date=October 1998 |title=Media: Kid Vids (videotape review) |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/entertainment-reviews/1184521/media-kid-vids |journal=Booklist |publisher=American Library Association |volume=95 |issue=3 |page=349 |accessdate=7 December 2016}}</ref> and ''[[National Association for the Education of Young Children#Journals, Publications and Position Statements|YC: Young Children]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |date=September 2008 |title=The Reading Chair |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/34762612/reading-chair |journal=YC: Young Children |publisher=National Association for the Education of Young Children |volume=63|issue=63 |page=42 |accessdate=7 December 2016}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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* [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19618469 Library holdings of ''Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge''] |
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Latest revision as of 06:05, 12 March 2023
 First edition | |
| Author | Mem Fox |
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| Illustrator | Julie Vivas |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book, poetry |
| Published | 1984 (Omnibus Books) |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 32 (unpaginated) |
| ISBN | 9780949641168 |
| OCLC | 19618469 |
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is a 1984 children's picture book by Mem Fox. It is about a boy, Wilfrid, who helps an elderly friend, Nancy, to regain some of her memory. In 1998, American company Weston Woods Studio released a film adaptation of this book, narrated by the author with music by Ernest Troost.
Basis[edit]
The name of the boy who is the central character is that of Fox's father, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, who, with his wife, Nancy, was sent to Zimbabwe as a teaching missionary.[1]
Reception[edit]
School Library Journal wrote: "The illustrations - 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".[2] Alzheimer's Australia found it "sensitively written".[3] A review by the NYU Langone Medical Center called it "a magnificently written and illustrated story about communication".[4]
Fox herself has noted the politically loaded aspects of the story, in having a white hero, separating the elderly from their families, and having a focus on nuclear families.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Fox, Mem (May 1993). "Politics and literature: Chasing the "isms" from children's books". The Reading Teacher. 46 (8): 654–658. JSTOR 20201162.
- ^ Peters, John (February 1986). "Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge". School Library Journal. 32 (6). New York: 73. ProQuest 1966029056 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Book review - Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge". Alzheimer's Australia. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge". medhum.med.nyu.edu. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
