Bridwell's idea: Thanks to the girl's affection, a puppy -the runt of the litter - grows into a klutzy but good-hearted behemoth, as big as the lighthouses on the author's imaginary 'Birdwell Island.' A nearby paint container inspired Bridwell to color Clifford fire engine red.īridwell had sketched a bloodhound because he wanted one while growing up and he named the girl Emily Elizabeth, after his daughter.
His work had been rejected all over New York when an editor at Harper & Row (now HarperCollins) suggested he try writing a story to go with a picture he had submitted of a child and her horse-sized dog. In his pre-Clifford life, Bridwell was a filmstrip and slide illustrator, trying to break into children's publishing to support his family. Missed: Norman Ray Bridwell, who brought delight to millions of readers young and old as the author of Clifford the Big Red Dog series of books, died on Friday, December 12, at Martha's Vineyard Hospital
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