Ella Sarah gets Dressed

Ella Sarah wants to wear her "pink polka-dot pants, my dress with orange-and-green flowers, my purple-and-blue striped socks, my yellow shoes, and [her] red hat!" Her family tries to get her to change her mind and wear something that isn't silly or too fancy. It is great to see such a strong feminine character depicted in a book aimed at younger audiences. Ella Sarah is an opinionated little girl. She knows what she wants. Her family finds out they don't know how to dress her when her friends arrive for tea dressed in the same manner.
Chodos-Irvine, M. (2004) Ella Sarah gets Dressed. Harcourt: New York.

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

Wilfrid lived next door to an old people's home. He knew al the people there, but his favorite was Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper because she had four names just like him. He told her all his secrets. He heard his parents say that she had lost her memory. He didn't know what a memory was so he began to ask what a memory could be to his other friends at the house. They told him it was "something from long ago, that makes you cry, makes you laugh, as precious as gold." Wilfrid went home with this information to find memories for Nancy. He found many different items and brought them to her. She looked at each one and remembered some of the things from her life including all the secrets Wilfrid had told her. This book shows me how to be hopeful. An adult would have thought it was impossible to help Nancy find her memory, but Wilfrid tried to find a solution and succeeded. This book might be good for the beginning of school when children are learning each other's names.
Fox, M. and Vivas, J. (1984) Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. Omnibus Books: Australia.