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Clifford the Big Red Dog first appeared on the scene in 1963. Now he has appeared in his own book series with more than ninety million books in print. He also has his own television series on PBS, and children around the world love him. So, this Timeless Thursday post is dedicated to Clifford!
One of my favorite Clifford books is the one about Halloween when Emily Elizabeth tries to find a costume for Clifford, which isn’t very easy since he is bigger than a house. But I recently read this first book ever written about Clifford again at the library, and it is just so cute–which is why it is sticking around for 47 years now. Everyone loves dogs. Everyone loves sweet dogs, and many people love big dogs. Although Clifford’s antics are exaggerated, like when he chases cars and catches them (literally), all of us pet owners are nodding our heads and thinking, Oh our dogs have done something like that before. I know just how Emily Elizabeth feels. Like yesterday, when Chester, our 11-month old boxer puppy, chewed up my husband’s Captain Kirk action figure (yes, my husband is a Star Trek geek); I just shook my head at him and said, “You are going to be in so much trouble when your dad gets home.” And Chester had the same sorry look on his face that Clifford has in the illustration with the car in his mouth and the mad, mad driver.
With the Clifford the Big Red Dog series by Norman Bridwell, you can explore all sorts of subjects with your young child. There are Clifford books about Christmas, spring clean-up, good deeds, manners, counting, Halloween, and much, much more. These are also perfect books for your child or your students to read when they are first learning to read independently because there’s simple text that the illustrations support.
So, if you haven’t visited with Clifford the Big Red Dog and Emily Elizabeth lately, then grab some from the library or purchase them on Amazon for less than $4.00! And here’s another plus, if your child is begging you for a pet, read these books to them with the attitude of “look at all the trouble Emily Elizabeth has with her dog. Do you really want to do through this?”
Do you have a favorite Clifford book? Can you believe he’s 47 years old?
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