MACARONI APP: GET THE CLIFFORD APP

Kids love birthdays – and no birthday is bigger than Clifford’s! ‘Clifford’s BIG Birthday’ app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch available now on the App Store –– in conjunction with the kick-off of the 50th anniversary celebration of Clifford the Big Red Dog®. Clifford's BIG Birthday app invites everyone to celebrate this beloved literary icon all while encouraging children to build critical language and literacy skills.

In Clifford's BIG Birthday app, Emily Elizabeth invites players to join her in Clifford’s BIG doghouse as she works to create a surprise party for Clifford’s birthday. As players set up for the party, they can explore, touch, hear, and learn by decorating the cake, hanging streamers, choosing balloons and picking out a special present for Clifford. Once the decorating is complete, players will help Emily Elizabeth call in Clifford for the big surprise reveal. Once at the party, the app features three highly interactive and replayable birthday-themed games, including one game that builds essential literacy skills using augmented reality.

Each game reinforces the language skills needed for early-readers, including spelling, word families and sight words – all while feting their favorite pooch! Additionally, text and instructions throughout the app are read aloud to create an experience fully accessible to readers and non-readers; a section for parents provides educational information about the app and suggestions for extending the learning outside of the app.

Clifford's BIG Birthday app is available for $0.99 from the App Store on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore. (use this code to get the App for FREE, code RTEMTR6P7JNY)

For information about the app and Clifford’s 50th celebration – please visit  http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/ 
https://www.facebook.com/officialclifford 

For more information about the app, please visit www.scholastic.com/apps/clifford/birthday/ .