Dena Neusner

Worried that he's eating Emily Elizabeth's family out of house and home, Clifford runs off with some carnies with a plan to win a lifetime supply of dog food.

This reader adaptation of the spin-off movie from the PBS animated series is even choppier and more abrupt than the one I read yesterday. And the coloring choice is odd, with Clifford being outlined and highlighted in a purple tinge instead of black inks.

FOR REFERENCE:

Adapted by Dena Neusner with illustrator Barry Goldberg from the animated motion picture Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004), directed by Robert Ramirez, screenplay by Rhett Reese and Robert Ramirez, and starring John Ritter.… (mehr)

A preachy little board book adapted from a short moral segment from the 2000-2003 Clifford animated series that was originally written by Sindy McKay teaches a simplistic lesson about sportsmanship and fair play. Clifford and his friends are playing Red Light-Green Light when one of the friends tries to not play fair just long enough to learn his lesson about following rules.

Frankly, it's hard to think about Red Light-Green Light without flashing to the Squid Games and then imagining some of Clifford's friends getting mowed down by rifle fire. What a disturbing new association.… (mehr)