Springfield's summer program, Explore, celebrates literacy, rewards elementary students with perfect attendance with a free ...

Norman Bridwell, a soft-spoken illustrator whose impromptu story about a girl and her puppy marked the unlikely birth of the supersized franchise Clifford the Big Red Dog, has died. He was 86.

Norman Bridwell, a soft-spoken illustrator whose impromptu story about a girl and her puppy marked the unlikely birth of the supersized franchise Clifford the Big Red Dog, has died at 86.

Norman Bridwell, creator of the "Clifford the Big Red Dog" children's books, died Friday in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., his publisher Scholastic announced.

The latest Kohl’s Cares collection aims to help ease anxiety about starting kindergarten — “Clifford Goes to Kindergarten” tells how the big red dog’s owner, Emily Elizabeth, overcame ...

“Clifford, of course, is one of my favorites,” Organizer Valerie VanDerSluis said. “Bringing Clifford to an event like this and seeing the smiles, and he is handing out valentines.

About 100 students at Tiger Academy in Northwest Jacksonville recently met Clifford the Big Red Dog, known from the children's book series of the same name, and got to check out his latest ...