Credit: Brad Gregg
To commemorate the event, Scholastic Books recently held a sweepstakes to award Clifford birthday parties to five lucky winners nationwide, each of whom could invite 50 friends and family members.
As it turns out, a Oklahoma City boy was one of those select victors!
Well, a 70-year-old Oklahoma City boy. John McKeel, in fact.
But before you cry foul that a child was denied, a publicist told CFN, “He’s a grandfather, and I understand he’s invited all his grandkids and their friends. Should be a fun event for them.”
Congrats, John! (And for the record, CFN’s favorite Clifford book is 1999’s Clifford and the Halloween Parade. It speaks to us.)
This article appears in Mar 20-26, 2013.