Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #889321 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 16 pages

From Amazon.com
Kids who love Clifford the Big Red Dog will enjoy this set of one dozen story books that reinforces phonetics, the "fundamental skill of knowing that the sounds we say represent the letters we read." Each simple booklet depicts Clifford in various adventures, from baking a cake for his friend Emily Elizabeth to rescuing a hive of bees to sharing a rainy day with a book and a friend. Emily Elizabeth introduces each story with an explanation of the sounds featured in that story: the final "e"; words that begin with "br," "gr," "tr," and "dr"; the long "a," etc. She encourages readers to pay attention to those sounds in that story and in the "many, many other stories" in which they appear. A letter included with the books describes ways of helping children learn to enjoy reading, and the whole collection is tucked into a handy cardboard carrying case with Velcro closure and plastic handle. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author
There's no denying that kids love Clifford®. The Big Red Dog® has been a favorite since Norman Bridwell created him over 40 years ago. "I was working as a commercial artist in New York City. There wasn't much work, so I made some sample pictures and took them to several publishers. They all rejected my work. But one editor suggested that I try writing a book of my own to illustrate. I had done a painting of a little girl with a big red dog. That seemed like a funny idea, so I made up a story about them. I increased the dog's size from as big as a horse to as big as a house. My wife named the dog Clifford, and we named the little girl Emily Elizabeth after our daughter. In three days I had written the story and drawn the pictures for Clifford The Big Red Dog. When Scholastic called and said they wanted the book, I was stunned." Bridwell, who grew up in Kokomo, Indiana, lives now on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, with his wife, Norma. For more information about Norman Bridwell, visit: scholastic.com/tradebooks