Clifford the Big Red Dog

I first read the Clifford books to my daughter 20 years ago when she was two, and while re-reading them I have remembered the general story structure -- giant Clifford causes chaos and destruction before an unlikely happy ending -- but I had forgotten that Bridwell had actually tried to establish a......more

L picked this out at the library, undoubtedly because it has a ton of puppies on the cover. She LOVES dogs, hence her attraction to the books about Clifford the Big Red Dog. I wasn't impressed with this Clifford book. I will admit I often don't enjoy Clifford books very much (for reasons I can't qui......more

I loved Clifford as a kid and had a lot of the books thanks to elementary school Scholastic book orders. By junior high, though, I had forgotten about the big red dog. Thankfully my parents held on to all my old Clifford books, and for Christmas last year they sent me home with them for my kids to e......more

Clifford's pals are up to some deadly escapades in this installment of the Big Red Dog. I'm not usually one to critique the plausibility of a children's story book adventures but every page I felt the need to say "and don't do this. You would die.". That aside, the kid liked it.......more

Another good Clifford story.......more