Friendships with pets

Clifford the Big Red Dog

By Norman Bridwell

This book will help develop emotional intelligence by showing children how a friendship with animals can be meaningful and fulfilling. In this series Clifford and Emily Elizabeth deal with the day to day trials of growing up together. The everyday situations and interesting subjects the two main characters get into, such as a trip to the fire house, visiting the hospital, and bath time, are easily recognized and identified by young children. Books like “Clifford’s Manners” and “Clifford’s Opposites” allows children to recognize the manners and situations they are learning and view them in a comedic way through an oversized, big red dog. Each book is bright, colorful and full of humor. Who doesn’t love the big red dog?