Clifford's 50th Birthday Live Webcast

On September 24th students in grades K-2 gathered in the auditorium to view a live webcast from New York City celebrating Clifford's 50th Birthday. Norman Bridwell, a Kokomo native, was interviewed live answering questions about his Clifford the Big Red Dog series. Clifford books are used by teachers world-wide in many various languages to teach kids to be kind, share, tell the truth, be a good friend, to help others, play fair, be polite, respect others, believe in yourself, and to work together.

We are proud that the author of such a famous series is from our hometown! Norman Bridwell was born in Kokomo in 1928, he attended school in Kokomo and graduated from Kokomo High School in 1945. He was a cartoonist before he created his Clifford books. The character Emily Elizabeth is named after his daughter. The award-winning Clifford series now includes more than 40 books, has a television series, and was made into a live musical!

Check out our kids viewing the webcast.

Waiting for the webcast to begin.

 

K-2 students getting ready for Clifford's Birthday Celebration Webcast!

 

 Clifford, Norman Bridwell (author) and the host of the webcast singing Clifford Happy Birthday.

 The President of Scholastic (right) visits to declare the day National Clifford Day.

Go to this website to view some interactive Clifford storybooks.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/

Want to view the webcast yourself, click the link below! (It may take some time to load.)
http://www.scholastic.com/cliffordwebcast/