Clifford's First Snow Day

Clifford the Big Red Dog

by Norman Bridwell

Join Clifford as he experiences the joys of seeing, and playing in, snow for the first time.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Fiction, Dogs, Christmas, Kids

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

About the author

Norman Bridwell was an American author and cartoonist, best-known for the Clifford the Big Red Dog series of children's books. Bridwell attended John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana. He lived on Martha's Vineyard, MA, where he wrote an average of two books a year.

Reviews

[Shirley Revill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Small children love this book and the stories of Clifford are a firm favourite at our house.
Recommended.

[Rehan Abd Jamil · Rating 3 out of 5]

♥️

[Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect to showcase snow activities to young children!

[Jeannie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Evie’s first library book! Pleased she picked Clifford. Surprised she picked one about snow. Very cute and quick read, lots of details in the illustrations.

[Lotta Z · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son read us this one as well and he loves this story. He is such a fan of animals and loves that Clifford grows to be a giant dog at the end of the book. Bless him!

[Juliana Kolbasovsky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clifford’s First Snow Day by Norman Bridwell is about a girl, Elizabeth remembering her dog, Clifford’s very first snow day. This whole book was told as a flashback, coming back to present day on the first and last page. Clifford has tons of different adventures sliding down a hill, going on a frozen lake, and building a snowman. On Clifford’s very first snow day he was very tiny, we know this because of the illustrations and context clues given throughout the book; this reminded me about my dog, who is very tiny. My dog and I have gone through similar experiences in the snow as Clifford and it was fun to remember the past winters with my dog.

[McKenzie Richardson · Rating 3 out of 5]

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A cute story about Clifford's first experience with snow as a tiny puppy. The pictures pair nicely with the simple text, progressing the story on. The illustrations were well done and also showed a nice range of emotions beyond happy and sad.

Nice book about ingenuity, creative thinking, and everyone's favorite red dog.

[Amanda Brooke · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's snowing where we live which is rare so our schools reverted from hybrid to remote. So for the second time I read Clifford's first snow day in my Kindergarten Zoom - every few seconds a kid would interupt, I can't see you! I was in presentation mode so I am not sure what the problem was. I just hope that they all went out and played in the snow after our lesson. A kid can grow two sizes in this town before it snows again.

[Bev · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read with my son when he was in first grade.* The original Clifford, the Big Red Dog was one of my favorites when growing up. My son enjoyed all the Clifford books that came out and they made good books that he could read to me.

*He had to keep a reading log and I just found this when going through storage tubs.

[Danielle Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gift for Margaret from a friend (Thanks, Michelle!). Margaret picked this book and loved it!

[Darinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book in the Clifford the Big Red Dog series. Fun and sweet.

[Kendra KB.HG · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hayden Age 11
Clifford is a good boy.

[Tibbara's Den · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the Clifford books growing up and they are still enjoyable today. This one was very cute as Clifford experiences snow for the first time.

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

(read aloud by himself at 5yo, no words missed)

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Clifford books and this was no exception. It was a throwback to when he was a puppy. :)

[Eleanor Fernandes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Elle's Review (6 years old)
I love the book because I like how it is snowing and the kids are playing

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 4 out of 5]

When Clifford was a wee puppy, Emily Elizabeth took him out to see his first snow. He was so tiny that he got lost in the snow, and when Emily Elizabeth and her friend Tim searched for him they found him in a funny place. Cute story and illustrations.

[Hye Eun · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good seasonal book that would be nice to read during winter. It talks about the past kind of like flashback so it could be used to explain the flashbacks in a story. The book is fairly short so I would read it to kindergarten and first grade students. I like how it also talks about the different things you can do during the winter.

[Jasmine Robinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

All children have heard about and read about Clifford the Big Red Dog. This is a great seasonal book to ready for the winter time. Clifford struggles with having fun on this snow day because he is so little, but in the end he has a whole lot of fun.

[Satin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Clifford!

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to introduce the winter season and to spread holiday cheer with younger students. Will definitely add to students imagination of the excitement to come during the holidays.

[Theresa · Rating 2 out of 5]

good early reader, using texet to relate to the television show, a cute childhood story book.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cherry tree read - winter/snow

[Sydney Conrad · Rating 2 out of 5]

A regular run of the mill Clifford book.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Puppy Clifford enjoys his first snowstorm.

[Tam · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 5-year-old loved this book.

[Colette · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute

[Karley]

A cute story that explores a dog's first snow day. A great read aloud when discussing sequencing.

[Penny · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's Clifford... always fine but never fabulous.