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Of course the Clifford books do conform to the rules of complete story structure. says that the books have ‘no story’ he is of course making a joke about how the quiet, domestic nature of children’s stories seem like nothing in comparison to the kind of adult genre novel he later suggests as a Clifford the Dog plot - something from genre fiction, involving crime, murder, courthouse drama, with gritty, adult themes about retribution. This looks like a commercial for anxiety medication /kXuRm1L0q3- Amy JSTORY STRUCTURE OF THE CLIFFORD STORIES Then he goes to the chair and they shave all his red fur off and now he’s Clifford The Big Pink Dog.”

The cops wife was like, ‘I want that dog dead!’. He found Jesus but everyone said it was bu‌lls‌hit. And there’s a funeral with bagpipes and everybody’s crying and Clifford gets the death penalty. He hangs on for two months and then dies. Tell a STORY about Clifford! Make something happen, like maybe he steps on a policeman and shatters his spine and it’s devastating to the community. Isn’t that a mistake.’ There’s no story! You maybe drew him closer to the page - I don’t even know if you did it honestly.

It should be ‘look how big I drew the dog in this book. Who gives a shi‌t? You just DREW him big! You on purpose drew him bigger than people. (something explored in detail by Naomi Wolf in her book on birth and parenting, Mythconceptions). “It’s hard having kids because it’s boring”, begins Louis C.K. The Clifford series are best sellers, but are they all that good? I would argue that they don’t succeed in engaging a dual audience of child AND adult co-reader in the way the best contemporary picture books can do. In a way, Giant Otto does live on forever, but in the body of Clifford The Big Red Dog. Publishers of both, Viking Press, didn’t want to promote The Story of Ferdinand too much and the president of Viking Press goes on record as saying, “Ferdinand is a nice little book, but Giant Otto will live forever.” I wonder if you’ve heard of Giant Otto. It came out the same time as The Story of Ferdinand, which was problematic for ideological reasons, given the political climate. 1936 Otto at Sea By William Pene Du Bois 1936 Otto at Sea By William Pene Du Bois 1936 Otto at Sea By William Pene Du Bois 1936 Otto at Sea By William Pene Du Bois 1936 Otto at Sea By William Pene Du Bois 1936 Otto at Sea By William Pene Du Bois There was once a well-known book called “Giant Otto” written and illustrated by William Pène du Bois starring a big yellow floppy dog.

Bridwell died fairly recently, in 2014 at the age of 86. This is an enormous franchise of children’s books which covers every generic, American childhood event you could imagine: Clifford’s First Christmas, The Big Sleepover, Clifford’s First School Day and so on. Clifford The Big Red Dog is a picture book series by Norman Bridwell.