Officer Buckle and GLoria

Title: Officer Bucle and Gloria                                                                                 

Author: Peggy Rathmann

Illustrator: Peggy Rathmann

Genre: Children’s Picture Book

Subgenre: Children and Animals

Theme: Safety

Primary Characters: Officer Buckle and Gloria

Secondary Characters: Mrs. Toppel, and Children

Awards: Caldecott Medal

Date of Publication: 1995

Publishing Company: G.P. Putnam’s Sons

Summary of the book:  This is a great book for all ages. It is a story about a police officer that gets ignored by the children while he is reciting some important safety rules. But when he retrieves a dog named Gloria things change for Office Buckle.

How can the book be used with students in the classroom: I would use this book in my classroom to teach some very important safety rules. I could also talk about how the class needs to follow rules in the classroom.