Clifford Celebrates The Year [Hardcover]

Norman Bridwell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2002 | Age Level: 4 and up | Series: Clifford

Eight Clifford stories celebrate a full year of fun!

This treasury of Clifford books includes eight holiday and seasonal adventures featuring everyone's favorite Big Red Dog, Clifford! This bind-up includes:
Clifford, We Love You
Clifford's Birthday party
Clifford's Happy Easter
Clifford's Spring Clean-up
Clifford and the Big Parade
Clifford's Halloween
Clifford's Thanksgiving Visit
Clifford's Christmas

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Spanning 1966 to 1998, this collection of eight Clifford classics follows everybody's favorite Big Red Dog through an entire year's worth of holidays (Clifford, We Love You; Clifford's Birthday Party; Clifford's Happy Easter; Clifford's Spring Clean-Up; Clifford and the Big Parade; Clifford's Halloween; Clifford's Thanksgiving Visit; and Clifford's Christmas).

The stories are as fun as ever (if a little dated--even, strangely, the more recent ones), but serious students of Clifford-ology will particularly love some of the choicer bits creator Norman Bridwell includes in this compilation: Clifford's entire family (mother, father, sisters, and brother), two Clifford puppy sightings (he's about the size of a very cute lunch box), Clifford's gigantic Halloween ghost costume (again, classic), some King Kong-style clambering over skyscrapers (in Clifford's Thanksgiving Visit), and the official Clifford song (entitled "It's Clifford," reprinted here with sheet music and handy notation). Even Clifford's religious affiliations get cleared up: the BRD is decidedly gentile, as he celebrates both Christmas and Easter, albeit in a pretty hands-off, nondenominational way.

Bridwell's time-honored dog tales don't exactly rely on unpredictability for their charm (they're funny because he's big), and this collection is no exception. But if you love Clifford--or you love someone else who loves Clifford--you can't go wrong getting in on the big guy's celebrations. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Cartwheel (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439467705
• ISBN-13: 978-0439467704
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,177,704 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent toddler book and gift, January 27, 2006

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B. Curtis (St. Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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My daughter has been enjoying this book since she turned 2 years old. She's 3 1/2 now and still pulls it out regularly. Good value, and makes a great gift for the 2-4 year-old set.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection of Clifford Stories, October 2, 2002

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Michael A. Pancier "Parrothead Photographer" (Miami Lakes, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clifford Celebrates The Year (Hardcover)

You can't beat this deal. THe price is great and you get enough Clifford Stories for you to read to your kid...without having to repeat yourself every other day. Of course, my son loves the stories.

The pictures are excellent and the stories fun. I like the literary clifford better than the animated one. The animated Clifford is too politically correct. But then again, I'm not 4 years old.