Comments on: The Lonesome Puppy http://weheartbooks.com/2008/12/09/the-lonesome-puppy/ Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: We Heart Books » When we were little… http://weheartbooks.com/2008/12/09/the-lonesome-puppy/comment-page-1/#comment-1588 We Heart Books » When we were little… Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:06:30 +0000 http://weheartbooks.com/?p=1707#comment-1588 [...] Over-sized characters have always been popular in children’s literature and throughout fairy tales and indigenous myths and legends. A favorite story in our house is Babyboomsticks by Margaret Wild and David Legge about a gigantic baby and of course we have posted before about our passion for the gorgeous Nara picture book The Lonesome Puppy. [...] [...] Over-sized characters have always been popular in children’s literature and throughout fairy tales and indigenous myths and legends. A favorite story in our house is Babyboomsticks by Margaret Wild and David Legge about a gigantic baby and of course we have posted before about our passion for the gorgeous Nara picture book The Lonesome Puppy. [...]

]]> By: Sue B http://weheartbooks.com/2008/12/09/the-lonesome-puppy/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 Sue B Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:24:38 +0000 http://weheartbooks.com/?p=1707#comment-1095 I am procrastinating about all the things I haven't done about Christmas! And of course I should have googled before making the comment above because ... Clifford is mentioned in Wikipedia and is available on Amazon - and yes it has been reprinted -in the Amazon version the cover is very colourful, not just the red, white & black I remember from our version! Apparently Clifford The Big Red Dog is an enduring American children's book series first published in 1973 and also collectible. (Is there anything that isn't?) It was written by Norman Bridwell and was the series that helped establish Scholastic Books as a publishing company. And the story line - well, Clifford was the runt of the litter, and was chosen by a city child named Emily Elizabeth Howard as her birthday present. No one expected Clifford to grow, but Emily Elizabeth's love for her tiny red puppy changed Clifford dramatically. Before long, he was over 25 feet (7.6 m) tall, forcing the Howard family to leave the city and move to the open spaces of Birdwell Island. I am procrastinating about all the things I haven’t done about Christmas! And of course I should have googled before making the comment above because … Clifford is mentioned in Wikipedia and is available on Amazon – and yes it has been reprinted -in the Amazon version the cover is very colourful, not just the red, white & black I remember from our version! Apparently Clifford The Big Red Dog is an enduring American children’s book series first published in 1973 and also collectible. (Is there anything that isn’t?) It was written by Norman Bridwell and was the series that helped establish Scholastic Books as a publishing company.

And the story line – well, Clifford was the runt of the litter, and was chosen by a city child named Emily Elizabeth Howard as her birthday present. No one expected Clifford to grow, but Emily Elizabeth’s love for her tiny red puppy changed Clifford dramatically. Before long, he was over 25 feet (7.6 m) tall, forcing the Howard family to leave the city and move to the open spaces of Birdwell Island.

]]> By: Sue B http://weheartbooks.com/2008/12/09/the-lonesome-puppy/comment-page-1/#comment-1092 Sue B Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:34:58 +0000 http://weheartbooks.com/?p=1707#comment-1092 The dog in these illustrations reminds me of the one in Clifford the Big Red Dog. I think this series was 1st published in the early 1970s and I'm not sure how many titles there were. I felt it was apity that the paper in the prints we had was so poor as it devalued a lovely little book. Its size and profile also meant that it tended to get lost in he bookshelf. I wonder if it has been reprinted? I think it was a Scholastic publication. The dog in these illustrations reminds me of the one in Clifford the Big Red Dog. I think this series was 1st published in the early 1970s and I’m not sure how many titles there were. I felt it was apity that the paper in the prints we had was so poor as it devalued a lovely little book. Its size and profile also meant that it tended to get lost in he bookshelf. I wonder if it has been reprinted? I think it was a Scholastic publication.

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