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Officer Buckle and Gloria

Author/ Illustrator: Peggy Rathmann

Publisher/Date: Putnam Books. September 28, 1995

Age range/class level:Grades 1-2

Awards: Caldecott Medal Award 1996

Illustrations & Design: Sketched Drawings, Visual Elements of


Line, Composition, Color, and Shape.

Genre: Easy Reader Text

Theme(s): Learn several safety tips by taking precaution,


as we learn through Officer Buckle’s
personal experiences

Characters: Officer Buckle and Gloria


Summary: A police officer named Buckle is assigned to
take a police dog named Gloria to his safety
speech at the local school. Until that time,
whenever Officer Buckle tried to tell schools
about safety everyone fell asleep. Then, behind
Officer Buckle’s back, Gloria does tricks
imitating the safety tip demonstrating safety
rules, which leads to Gloria’s big success.
Officer Buckle enjoys the fame until he shocked
by seeing the tricks Gloria was doing behind him
on stage. The schoolchildren are so enthusiastic
an excited because of Gloria. He refuses to
teach safety until he receives a letter from an
attentive and sweet girl, named Claire. She
convinces Officer Buckle to start teaching again.
In the end, Officer Buckle and Gloria go to many
schools and teach the students about safety
together.

Textual Components:

• Pen and Ink Illustrations

• Realism

Classroom Connections:

• Writing

• Art

• Safety Lessons

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