We still tell the story about one of my daughters, age three, at Cedar Point amusement park seeing a large stuffed Clifford doll sitting in the top of one of the park’s trash bins and suddenly yelling at the top of her lungs “Big Red Dog! Big Red Dog!”. We retrieved the toy from the bin and (of course) found that it had a huge hole and was leaking Styrofoam stuffing everywhere. But she had alerted everybody within 100 yards of us that there was what seemed to be a valuable freebie available for the taking. Those were great children’s stories and may the author rest in peace.
I am trying my hands at writing for children the 8-12 year age group, I hope I can get the enthusiasm for my character’s that your daughter obviously had for Clifford.