Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Quotes

“But Wilfred Gordon wanted to know more, so he called on. Mrs. Jordan who played the organ. ‘What’s a memory?’ he asked. ‘Something warm, my child, something warm.”

“Wilfrid lives next to a retirement home, and his favorite old person is 96-year-old Miss Nancy.”

“He liked Mrs Jordan who played the organ. He listened to Mr. Hosking who told him scary stories. He played with Mr. Tippett who was crazy about cricket.”

“Everyone says Miss Nancy has lost her memory, and despite the fact that Wilfrid doesn’t even know what a memory is, by accident he helps her find it.”

“He ran errands for Miss Mitchell who walked with a wooden stick. He admired Mr. Drysdale who had a voice like a giant.”

“It is about a boy, Wilfrid, who helps an elderly friend, Nancy, to regain some of her memory.”

“But his favorite person of all was Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper because she had four names just as he did. He called her Miss Nancy and told her all his secrets.”

“Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is a small boy who has a big name - and that’s why he likes Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper because she has too.”

“So when he finds Miss Nancy has lost her memory, Wilfrid determines to discover what memories are so he can find it for her.”

“His house was next door to an old people’s home and he knew all the people who lived there.”