Title: Officer Buckle and Gloria
Author: Peggy Rathmann
Illustrator: Peggy Rathmann
Genre: Children’s Comedy
Subgenre: Picture book
Theme: Safety, Teamwork
Primary & Secondary Characters: Officer Buckle and Gloria
Primary & Secondary Characters: Officer Buckle and Gloria
Date of publication: 1995, Won Caldecott Award in 1996
Publishing Company: Putnam Books
Summary: Officer Buckle is a safety
conscious policeman that is dedicated to teaching schools the importance of
safety. He explains to them his lists of safety tips which include things such
as never standing on a swivel chair. He has the best of intentions but his
school assemblies are putting the students to sleep! Further into the book,
Gloria, the police dog joins Officer Buckle in his assemblies. Gloria acts out each
safety tip (behind Officer Buckle’s back) while he is explaining them to the
students. Gloria wins over the children’s hearts and Officer Buckle learns that
this is who he needed all along.
This book is highly entertaining and will keep the student’s
attention. It would be a nice segue to introduce our own classroom and school
safety tips.
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