I get a lot of mail from teachers, saying that they find Clifford very useful in teaching things to children. This is all unintentional on my part. I’m not a teacher. I’m an entertainer. I write books that are fun, I hope, for children to read. But teachers see ways to teach values, to teach manners, to teach things to children. I admire them for finding this in the books but, believe me, it’s not my doing. It’s what the teachers see
If there’s one message that winds up in most of the books, it’s to try. And if things go wrong, don’t give up. Go back and try again. Clifford does that all the time. He’s constantly making mistakes, or knocking things over, but it doesn’t keep him from trying.
