SideKicks™ is a line of Scholastic plush toys based on your favorite characters from our book, video and film library. Clifford The Small Red Puppy products based on the best-selling book series first published in 1972. Clifford board books have over 1.7 million copies in print. Our Clifford The Big Red Dog publishing program has over 110 million books in print. He began as a very small puppy; but he grew to be a very, very Big Red Dog. And, coming in Fall ’03, Clifford's Puppy Days will air on PBS KIDS! This teeny tiny bright red bundle of energy has a lot of exploring to do, and a big city to do it in.