“And she went back to her childhood and took the name of an imaginary friend, Clifford, and gave it to the dog.” 3. The dog is red for a practical ... explained to Scholastic Parents in ...

Norman Bridwell, creator of the “Clifford the Big Red Dog” children’s books, died Friday in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., his publisher Scholastic announced. Bridwell was 86. “He’s red and ...

The TV series “Clifford the Big Red Dog” has been on a break at PBS for new episodes ... Bridwell, who died in 2014, wrote and illustrated just under 50 of the 500 or so Clifford books that Scholastic ...

Scholastic Books recently brought a reading reward – and a special guest – to Polk County Schools to honor retiring ...

A big dog celebrates a big birthday this year: Clifford ... book, he'd need to write one on his own. Bridwell recalls: "She pointed to a sample painting I'd done, of a little girl with a gigantic ...

School kids sang "Happy Birthday" and Scholastic unfurled a huge banner worthy of a big red dog from the roof of its headquarters Monday to fete Clifford, the beloved book and TV character ...

Deadline reported that Clifford the Big Red Dog was the most-watched ... The company — an offshoot of the Scholastic Corporation, best known as a publisher of children’s books — has been ...

Scholastic published the first Clifford the Big Red Dog title in 1963, and there are now more than 133 million Clifford books in print in 16 different languages.

More than 50 years after he came up with a story about Clifford the Big Red Dog ... The gigantic dog went on to anchor a series of books that has spread into TV and beyond. More than 129 million ...

The TV series “Clifford the Big Red Dog” has been on a break at PBS ... wrote and illustrated just under 50 of the 500 or so Clifford books that Scholastic has published.

author and cartoonist Norman Bridwell poses for a portrait at Scholastic headquarters in New York. Bridwell, creator of the popular "Clifford the Big Red Dog" series of children's books turned ...