Josephine Page

Clifford and his dog friends, T-Bone and Cleo, raid the treat boxes while Emily Elizabeth is away. I was amused by the dogs' rationalizations for why they deserved more treats. The ending is a bit weak, but the dogs do learn a hard lesson.

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Adapted by Josephine Page and illustrator Ken Edwards from the television script "Tummy Trouble" by Lois Becker and Mark Stratton for the Clifford the Big Red Dog PBS Kids animated series, Season 1, Episode 5, September 8, 2000.

A boy thinks he can help out his father by doing something on his own but gets in over his head. Clifford is literally a spectator, watching everything unfold from the side just like on the cover. It's silly, but I liked the lesson and the fun the dogs have with the ice cream mess.

I liked the book “The Big Leaf Pile”. I liked this book because of the plot. In the beginning everyone makes a leaf pile and then T-Bone has to go home. T-Bone then asks Clifford to watch his leaves so Clifford does. Clifford and Cleo end up jumping in T-Bone’s leaves and have to go get them all across town. They eventually find all of them. The plot is very organized and shows the conflict about Clifford and Cleo losing all the leaves and having to find them. I also like how this show more story pushes the reader. This book explains to a child that it is good to be truthful. It is pushing the reader to be a truthful person, not one who lies. It shows that when a person tells the truth good consequences can come from it. The big message of this story is to be truthful. Clifford and Cleo were truthful to T-Bone about jumping in his leaf pile when he was not there, and because of that T-Bone allows them to jump in his leaf pile first. show less

This is a good example of a Fairy tale because it has magical creatures and a simple narrative that includes improbable events. All the dogs in the story talk, which of course is unrealistic, but it adds to the story and makes it interesting because we can know what they are thinking and feeling. The overarching moral of this story is self control and doing what you know is right even when no one is there to watch you (otherwise you may get a terrible tummy ache).

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