The real Emily Elizabeth

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I named the narrator of the books, the little girl that owns Clifford, I named her Emily Elizabeth, because that was my daughter’s name. I certainly didn’t dream that she would be going on in book after book after book.

My daughter has sort of always just accepted this. It was no big thing to her, until she was grown up and she went to get a library card, and one of the librarians said, “Are you the girl in the books?”

And my daughter said, “Well, what do you mean?” And she said, “Are you the real Emily Elizabeth?” It never really sank in that she was known all over the country.

Bridwell named the little girl in the Clifford books after his daughter. It wasn't until later in life that Emily Elizabeth realized she was famous.

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Norman Bridwell could never have guessed at the world-wide phenomenon that Clifford the Big Red Dog would become. In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, Norman Bridwell talks about writing and illustrating Clifford and the big dog’s success in books and on television.

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The real Emily Elizabeth

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