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Clifford turns 50 years old this February and to celebrate, he and I will be sharing story time and adventure at the following Des Moines Public Libraries:

Monday, 2/11- South Side Library 6:30pm
Tuesday, 2/12- North Side Library 10:30am
Tuesday, 2/12- Franklin Avenue Library 4:00pm
Tuesday, 2/12- Central Library 6:30pm
Wednesday, 2/13- Forest Avenue Library 10:15am
Thursday, 2/14-East Side Library 10:30am
Friday, 2/15-Central Library 10:30am
Saturday, 2/16-Franklin Library 10:30am
Saturday, 2/16-Franklin Library 11:30am

This afternoon, I had the pleasure of accompanying Clifford the Big Red Dog to the Sioux City Public Museum!

Any time I get to do story time with the world’s most beloved canine, he is always the center of attention.

I don’t mind that he steals the stage. I’ve never really developed a taste for dog bones!

Before I left, I was given a sneak peek of their new dinosaur exhibit!

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Today marked the final day of the 2012 Reading Road Trip! It was the final day to save five little aliens!

It was the final day of making adults stand up and sing.

It was the final day of performing at libraries, big and small.

With such a packed morning and afternoon, I knew I needed to stay hydrated! I definitely need a bigger straw!

The crowds at the Coralville Public Library helped me kick off the day.

I wish it could have lasted longer, [...]

The Burlington Public Library has been waiting all summer for me to visit!

People were already lined up and ready to enter the story time room when we arrived!

Some looked as if they were starstruck when they saw my cape!

I did my best to give them my finest performance so that I wouldn’t let them down!

It was a race to the Keosauqua Public Library for our second stop of the day!

It would have been difficult to fit any more people into [...]

I should have known that Betty, the librarian at the Musser Public Library in Muscatine, was up to something. There was a twinkle in her eye and she was wringing her hands suspiciously!

She surprised me with an unexpected smooch on the cheek!

Next, the whole audience was blowing me kisses. What was going on?

It turns out she had secretly enrolled me in the Smooch-a-Frog Challenge. All the earlier kisses were just practice for the real thing!

There were no kisses, smooches, or [...]