Clifford's Puppy Days by Norman Bridwell

Clifford's Puppy Days Reviews

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  s.penkevich

  I always loved Clifford as a kid. Now that I am an adult, I occasionally notice certain things in kid's books that now strike me as strange or a bit twisted. Here is a prime example:
  In Puppy Days, Emily Elizabeth tells of all the trouble caused due to Clifford being so tiny as a puppy. He causes quite a commotion in a bakery, ruins a wedding cake, and a little boy lets his Saint Bernard clean the frosting off of Clifford.
  
  
  Everyone is happy in the end and Emily says the boy's dog is the biggest she has ever seen until Clifford grew up.
  
  
  
  But wait, somehow we have skipped over the real story that I want to know: why is the little boy now crippled and in a wheelchair?! What happened there Norman Bridwell?
  
  That is all.
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  R.A.

  I used to love Clifford books - well, I still do!!!! :D
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  Cora

  It's cute, it's cool and awesome according to my first graders - verbatim.
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  Adam

  “Cool.”
  
  
  (read aloud by himself at 4yo, no words missed)
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  Chelsea Horton

  Reading this book reminded me of my dogs when they are puppies. It explains how you should be careful with puppies because they are so small. I think this is a great starter book for children getting their first dog, or dealing with caring for a puppy for the first time. Clifford is so adorable, and I would read this to my kids.
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  Joy

  This is a short picture book about the adventures of Clifford (the big red dog) as a small puppy. Clifford is small for his age. You would never guess that he turns into a giant dog. As a result, he has some interesting adventures like being bathed in a soup bowl and getting lost in a hat.
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  Nathan

  It's dated (I had to explain the record player merry-go-round thing to my kids), but still funny. I particularly enjoyed the gag (literally) with Emily Elizabeth's dad eating soup out of the bowl Clifford has just bathed in. Hilarious!
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  Rod Brown

  Puppy Clifford is perfectly adorable yet again in this look at how Emily Elizabeth learns to take care of him. She occasionally loses track of him and that leads to mischief.
  
  My old homemade book database has a cute little note that when I first tried to read this to my two-year-old daughter she DNFed the read aloud because according to her, "Clifford is not a good puppy!" She has since come around and now thinks Clifford the Small Red Puppy floating on a bar of soap is "pure and adorable and the best image in the world."
  
  (Side note: The two-page bath sequence from this book was expanded into its own book,
  Clifford's Bathtime, using the same basic artwork but substituting in Clifford's mother for Emily Elizabeth.)
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  Kristen

  My daughter can't get enough Clifford books. She loved seeing when Clifford was tiny and how big he is now. She loved the trouble he got in. I like that Clifford books utilize the pictures a lot in the storytelling. We were able to work on some predicting skills and then turn the page to see what happened. This book was very easily made interactive. Fun for Clifford lovers.
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  Mrs Heet -Librarian

  I always love a Clifford story. The illustrations in this book are a bit dated with images that modern kids wouldn't understand. There are some slightly odd things as well. Maybe a little too long for a toddler story time, but would be better for younger elementary aged kids.
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  Jesro ✨

  This was one of my favorite books when I was a little one.
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  Katelyn

  My 2 year old loves following along with Clifford, narrating what he's doing and knowing what's going on each time we repeat this book. A current favorite.
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  Holly

  Puppy Clifford is extremely cute
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  Cory Cornwell

  I have always loved this big red dog!
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  Kathryn

  Childhood favorite
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  Kaliah

  This was the perfect book for my reading level but I wish it was a little longer.
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  Lynn Davidson

  Emily Elizabeth got Clifford when he was a tiny puppy She had to be careful with him, and one day he went missing after Emily Elizabeth's aunt left from visiting.
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  Danielle

  I honestly love the juxtaposition of Clifford being an insanely tiny puppy before he became the really big dog.
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  Ina

  This was the second story in a book of four classic Clifford stories, and so we read about Clifford's beginning. He was a tiny puppy, and Emily Elizabeth was constantly worried about him getting lost or getting injured by her toys while they played. This is one book where Clifford's age was showing - at one point, Emily Elizabeth talks about Clifford loving the Merry-Go-Round she made for him, which is a record spinning on a record player. All the parents smiled when I asked my toddlers if they knew what the item was...and laughed at the kids' response which was a CD Player...In this book he also has an adventure in a bakery, get's bathed by a St. Bernard and then becomes the enormous grown-up dog we know and love today.
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  Liliana Escamilla

  Through this book readers can see what Clifford looked like and acted like when he was a small puppy. It goes through all of his daily activities and his personality.
  
  With this book children can learn about maturing and allow them to reflect on how they used to act when they were children compared to how they act now.
  
  An activity that can be done with students using this book can be that they can make posters for the classroom based on how they should act appropriately in the classroom.
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  Brooke

  Emily tells the story of how when she got Clifford he was a very little puppy, but grew up to be a very big dog. This book was a favorite of my sister. I read it many times to her. It is great for young readers to practice with.