Theme: memory

Wilfrid Gordon Mcdonald Partridge

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, a rather small boy, lives next door to a nursing home in which resides Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, his favorite friend, because she has four names as well. When Miss Nancy “loses” her memory, the intrepid Wilfrid sets out to find it for her.

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Memories Of Survival

By Book Importer | Published: February 16, 2012

A story of surviving the Holocaust in Poland, illustrated in a collection of embroidered panels, and told in the survivor’s own words. The author, a survivor of the Holocaust, illustrates her experiences through fabric panels that capture her and her sister’s childhood as they, disguised as Catholic farmhands, are separated from their family and escape [...]

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » 1 Comment

The Scar

By Book Importer | Published: November 21, 2011

When his mother dies, a little boy is angry at his loss but does everything he can to hold onto the memory of her scent, her voice, and the special things she did for him, even as he tries to help his father and grandmother cope.

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My Tattooed Dad

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

A young boy describes what life is like when his dad comes home — how he fries up chicken samosas for dinner, how he makes jokes and fools around, and how he carries him off to bed when he is sleepy. His dad also tells wonderful stories of his adventures in far-off lands, often inspired [...]

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My First Garden

By Book Importer | Published: June 27, 2011

Inspired by hearing that a garden used to grow in the yard in front of his house, a boy recreates it with loving care.

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Remember, Grandma?

By Book Importer | Published: April 30, 2011

Lately Grandma has trouble remembering, and it makes Margaret sad until she learns about family love that endures even when memory does not. Includes recipe for Mile-high apple pie.

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The Perfume of Memory

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

When a disgruntled Grand Vizier causes the queen and her subjects to lose their memories, a perfume-maker named Rose helps them remember with the evocative scents she creates.

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Remembering Crystal

By Book Importer | Published: May 25, 2010

Crystal had lived in the garden for many years and she was growing old–Zelda was just starting out in life and though she was young, she and Crystal were best friends, but one day Crystal was not in the garden, she had died; in this gentle, beautifully illustrated story, children learn, with Zelda, that true [...]

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Grandfather’s Story Cloth

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Chersheng’s grandfather is beginning to forget things: little things like turning off the water faucet and big things like Chersheng’s name. Sometimes he even forgets that he is in America now. Chersheng feels sad and helpless when he learns that Grandfather has Alzheimer’s Disease, but then Chersheng’s mother presents him with a story cloth stitched [...]

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And What Comes after a Thousand?

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Otto and Lisa are special friends. otto may be old, but he can still spit cherry pits, make slingshots and grow delicious raspberries. He and Lisa share a fascination with numbers, tell stories of brave Native Americans, and gaze at the stars. But when Otto gets ill and dies, Lisa struggles to understand. her rage, [...]

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