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Clifford, the Big Red Dog, is the first book in American children's books series Clifford the Big Red Dog written by Norman Bridwell and published in 1963 by Scholastic.(add book cite)

Inspiration
Clifford was originally one of the drawings that Bridwell showed publishing houses to try to find someone that would hire him to illustrate a book. An editor at Harper & Row told Bridwell that his art was not good enough for anyone to hire him as an illustrator, but that she saw a story in the drawing of a big red dog and a baby girl.

Characters

 * Clifford the Big Red Dog A giant red Labrador Retriever owned by by Emily Elizabeth Howard.
 * Emily Elizabeth Clifford's owner.