Clifford and his canine pals and Emily Elizabeth and her friends live on rural Birdwell Island, where everyone knows the friendly giant hound. The stories follow the adventures of Clifford, who is loved so much as a puppy by his young owner Emily Elizabeth - named after Bridwell’s daughter - that he grows to more than 25 feet tall. “Norman personified the values that we as parents and educators hope to communicate to our children – kindness, compassion, helpfulness, gratitude – through the Clifford stories which have been loved for more than 50 years.”īridwell created Clifford in 1963 and went on to publish more than 150 Clifford titles, which have sold a combined 129 million copies and been translated into 13 languages. “Norman Bridwell’s books about Clifford, childhood’s most loveable dog, could only have been written by a gentle man with a great sense of humor,” Scholastic chief Dick Robinson said. Scholastic Trade Book Publishing said the author and illustrator died Friday on Martha’s Vineyard. Norman Bridwell, creator of the beloved children’s book character Clifford the Big Red Dog, has died.
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