Count On Clifford

Clifford the Big Red Dog

by Norman Bridwell

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Clifford teaches young readers how to count.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Mathematics, Fiction, Counting, Number

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Norman Bridwell was an American author and cartoonist, best-known for the Clifford the Big Red Dog series of children's books. Bridwell attended John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana. He lived on Martha's Vineyard, MA, where he wrote an average of two books a year.

Reviews

[Erth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clifford, the big red dog, teaches young readers how to count.

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another educational book featuring Clifford, this time about counting. It actually has a bit of a story as Emily Elizabeth throws another birthday party for Clifford. But all the festivities are constantly interrupted with demands that the reader count several different things on each page. It's kind of rude.

By the way, a while back we already had Clifford’s Birthday Party, which features some of the same dog guests but tellingly excludes the kids who worried their presents weren't good enough. Apparently the presents were not good enough, and now only their dogs are welcome at this year's party. Yikes.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The layout of this book irritates me. It’s a counting book, and every two pages (the two pages visible at one time) are dedicated to one number and one theme. So, for example, pages 1 and 2 are about the number 1 and Clifford — so, they ask you to “count one Clifford.” The problem is the two pages have two different pictures of Clifford, so there’s actually 2 Cliffords visible, not one. Next they ask you to count two balloons but there’s actually 4 visible. Suddenly they get it right for numbers 3 and 4 (they only show 3 presents and 4 party hats, respectively). Then they’re back at it for #5 — they ask you to count 5 chairs but show 10 chairs. And so on. Toddlers are very concrete thinkers, so this is confusing. It took a while for my son to get it. That being said, once he did get it, he really did enjoy this book and now asks for it by name. Still though, this book is intended to be a tool for teaching kids to count; but it complicates and confuses the process.

[Triston Dutschke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Count on Clifford is a great book to help early elementary students begin to count. Each page is dedicated to a number in order. From 1-10. Each page is colorful and shows images of the number of items. For example, number two showed 2 balloons. This can be helpful for students as the visuals are bright and intriguing.

[Dan Hyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

My kids are 3.5 years old. This is one of their favorite counting books and retains their attention much more than some other books.

[Danielle Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet educational

[Christi Murray · Rating 3 out of 5]

We love counting books as that is what our grandson is learning currently.

[Jenna Montgomery · Rating 2 out of 5]

Practice counting to 10 with the school kids and Clifford as he makes a series of mistakes due to his oversized body.

[Lynnette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun little way to get young ones familiar with numbers.

[Charlie Stubbs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute counting book with a popular character.

[Heidi-Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

We didn't grow up with too many Clifford books, but I think we had the large version of this. I remember that I loved counting all of the different dogs.

9/1/12 Unfortunately, our copy is not very large. This may not be as exciting in a storytime setting as it would in a lap-read or read-alone. And I had such hopes for my birthday theme storytime to include a counting book.

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute counting book, although not our favorite, I guess. It follows the story of getting ready for Clifford's birthday party. The illustrations seem dated, but the numbers are clear and my son picked them out on each page. It was nice to have him count the objects in the scenes, but the adding up and distinguishing between girl and boy was a little harder.

[Allison Linsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Count on Clifford

Clifford teaches young readers how to count.

I always loved Clifford so there was no question about it, I had to read this book. This is a counting book. It is Clifford's birthday and the fun things they do. They include counting by inviting "four" friends, and having "three" presents. This is a great learning book!

[Terri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Used with Spanish storytime.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

i learned that you can count ohter stuff not just money.

[Shannon · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yeah, I was definitely a douche when I was little. I distinctly remember being like WTF why would I read a book about counting when I could just COUNT?

[Theresa · Rating 2 out of 5]

good early reader, using texet to relate to the television show

[Marilyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Alissa loves Clifford!

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

My children love to read and I am so happy that there are books like this one out there that I can read to them.

[Stephen Snyder · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent counting book for kids.

[Julie Webb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good counting practice

[Debby Baumgartner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Preschooler book that helps to children to count and recognize numbers