Count on Clifford

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Count on Clifford

Title:

Count on Clifford

Author:

Bridwell, Norman, author.

Series:

Clifford the big red dog.

Summary:

Guests at Clifford's birthday party learn to count from one to ten, including one giant red dog, two balloons, three presents, four dog friends, five chairs, six trees, seven candles, eight sacks of dog food, nine balls, and ten cats.

General Note:

Reprint. Originally published: c1985.

Physical Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Counting -- Juvenile literature.

Publisher:

Scholastic,

Publication Date:

1987

1985

ISBN:

9780590442848

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Scholastic, [1987], c1985.

Call Number:

P BRIDWEL

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607002727256	Picture Books	BRIDWEL	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

The Big Red Dog helps children learn their numbers while they have fun at the same time.

Author Notes

Norman Bridwell was born on February 15, 1928 in Kokomo, Indiana. He attended the John Herron Art Institute from 1945 to 1949 and Cooper Union Art School from 1952 to 1953. After graduating from Cooper Union, he worked first as a messenger for a lettering company and then as an artist designer for Raxon Fabrics Company. After that, he spent three years with H. D. Rose and Company as an artist, before becoming a freelance artist in 1956.

In 1963, he published his first children's book, Zany Zoo, as well as his first Clifford book, Clifford the Big Red Dog. During his lifetime, he wrote and illustrated more than 150 books including The Witch Next Door, A Tiny Family, Clifford Goes to Kindergarten, and Clifford Celebrates Hanukkah. He died following a fall at his home on December 12, 2014 at the age of 86.

(Bowker Author Biography)