Clifford Takes a Trip

Emily Elizabeth and her parents leave Clifford with a neighbor as they take a summer vacation camping trip, but Clifford isn't having it. He runs away to find Emily Elizabeth, leaving chaos in his wake as he travels down the highways and byways. A dramatic ending that depends on dumb coincidence just falls flat for me.

Like all Clifford Books, Emily Elizabeth is the narrator who introduces herself and her big red dog, Clifford. Emily Elizabeth relays the story of last summer's vacation. Since Clifford was too big to fit the car, Clifford was supposed to stay home with the neighbors. The detailed pictures parallel the text with the image of Clifford spreading onto two full pages. With his head and tail drooping, Clifford appears sad as Emily Elizabeth and her family disappears in the car. Instead of feeling lonely and sad, Clifford goes on an adventure to find his family. He determinedly fights the obstacles in his way, making some people very happy and very upset. Regardless, Clifford's determination results in success. Emily Elizabeth finds herself show more in an unfortunate circumstance and Clifford is around to save the day. The text has minimal sentences per paragraph and the illustrations cue the text. would be enhanced if the text was enlarged. The story The illustrations are vibrate and engaging. Young readers will find themselves laughing at Clifford's clumsiness and cheering as Clifford saves his friends. show less

I was disappointed that the trip didn't involve visiting the pyramids or any of those childhood tropes but Clifford gets on my tits a bit sometimes so it was good at least to get out of the house and move around.

Clifford Takes A Trip by Norman Bridwell
Audio version so I am not seeing the colorful pictures.
Emily has a dog, Clifford. It's the last day of school and she's happy that she'll be able to play with her dog.
Trips are hard to do with Clifford because of his big size. The year before they left him with a neighbor as the rest of the family was on a trip without him.
He set out to find them but he got into a lot of trouble....and you wonder if he will ever find them...
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

Emily leaves for a family Vacation and is unable to take Clifford. Clifford is just not willing to sit at hime and wait for Emily. He searches the neighborhood in search of Emily trying to be discreet, which is pretty difficult with him being a big red dog.

A cute, silly story. Exactly what you expect from a Clifford book.

Morals: Not a feature of Clifford books. 0/5
Storyline: Things happen, and they're fairly interesting, if ridiculous. 4/5
Pictures: Full-page, bright colors, simple artwork. 5/5

Clifford saves the day once again. This is a great book for chilren ages pre-k through kindergarten. It has great illustrations for young readers to enjoy.