Wilberforce Goes to a Party - Softcover

Gordon, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140504729 ISBN 13: 9780140504729

Publisher: Puffin, 1987

Synopsis

Wilberforce, a rambunctious young bear, goes to his first party where he makes plenty of mischief and has a good time.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2 Gordon uses the technique of pairing bland, spare text with active, humorous illustrations. The effect is funny because the pictures deliver a message opposite from that of the text: "Everyone remembered their best table manners" is illustrated by a double spread of 15 young bears throwing food, spilling juice, overloading their plates, pea-shooting and generally acting like a group of over-excited children at a party. Wilberforce is the chief instigator of the mischief. The brightly framed line-and-watercolor illustrations are crowded with dark- and light-color bear children. The opening text ("One afternoon Wilberforce went to a party with his brother and sister.") may be confusing as the illustrations show four children playing and a mother bear ironing. On subsequent pages they will realize that Wilberforce is still at home and is about to go a party. Also, Wilberforce's sister is shown in the opening pages wearing a pink dress and hair ribbon; she later dons a green dress. But the birthday girl is then shown wearing an almost identical pink dress; some children may have trouble sorting out the two girls. These elements aside, the story frolics along, and Wilberforce's antics ring true. Although he behaves like a preschooler, Wilberforce will be appreciated by slightly older children who have enough book experience to study the details in the illustrations. Susan H. Patron, Los Angeles Public Library
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0140504729
• ISBN 13: 9780140504729
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32