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Title: Officer Buckle and Gloria (Caldecott Medal Book, 1996) by Peggy Rathmann ISBN: 0-399-22616-8 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Juv Pub. Date: September, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.74 (31 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Read-Aloud Hit!
Comment: Primary age students in our school love to have "OfficerBuckle and Gloria" read aloud to them, and upper grade studentsremember this story fondly.
While the story stands alone as a playful read-aloud, it can be an effective tool for opening a discussion on safety. Officer Buckle keeps thinking of new safety tips that he keeps thumbtacked to his bulletin board, like "never do tricks on the monkey bars without someone there to catch you." The endpapers of the book are also filled with stars containing more safety tips.
Just as the students in the story are entertained by Gloria, the dog, and come away with Officer Buckle's helpful tips, children who read or listen to this book read will be entertained, yet come away with some great advice, such as "always wear a crash helmet."
This one deserves the Caldecott Medal as the colorful, playful drawings are an essential part of the story.
Rating: 4
Summary: An officer and a gentle dog
Comment: Widely regarded as the least deserving Caldecott winner in the last 15 years. Now that's a pretty negative opening comment about a book that is, all in all, an amusing story about a man and his eclectic dog. And I'm not saying that this book is THE worst Caldecott winner to have ever existed. That honor belongs to the ludicrously racist and factually inaccurate "Abraham Lincoln" by the Parin d'Aulaires. Certainly this is a nice little tale about safety, and it presents actual important safety tips in a fun and original manner. But it's hardly deserving of a medal. Hardly.
In this tale, Officer Buckle finds that his school safety tips are being met with more than a little disregard on the part of the students. Kids are just snoring in the aisles when Buckle reads the list of tips. All that changes when the Officer acquires a police dog named Gloria. Suddenly the kids are wide-awake for Buckle's safety demos, and it's no wonder. Gloria is faithfully acting out each and every safety tip as her owner reads them out. From "Never leave a thumbtack where you might sit on it" to "Do not go swimming during electrical storms". Of course, Officer Buckle has no clue why there has been such a rise in his own popularity. But when watching a taped recording of his own program, the law enforcement agent must decide whether or not he is of any real importance to the community, or if it's all Gloria's glory.
There's a lot to love in this story. Rathmann has fitted many a scene with tiny interesting details. Buckle fans (as well as the Officer himself) sport anti-banana peel badges and t-shirts. Officer Buckle's book collection (containing such titles as "You Can't Be Too Careful" and "Safety in Numbers") is held together by Gloria shaped book-ends. And check out Buckle's final safety tip written in front of him while angrily refusing to do anymore speeches (#100: Never turn your back on a strange dog). The plot is cute as well. It's nice to see an energetic dog in the vein of Snoopy or Mark Teague's Ike that's female for once. And there is a real affection between Buckle and his trusty canine friend. I think back to the scene of the policeman feeding Gloria an ice cream cone after she's given a stint of autographs to waiting fans. Finally, there's no denying that Buckle has come up with some really good safety tips. The front and end papers of this book show some useful stars containing Gloria acting out why one should or should not follow such n' such a tip.
Now when I said the book didn't deserve the Caldecott, I meant it. It's a swell book with a fun story and lovely pictures. But it's not superb. I can only assume it won solely on the basis that it is the only Caldecott book to discuss safety in any serious manner. And it does so without causing undue fear or worry on the part of the small child reader. Which is good. So by all means, go out and read this nice little story. Just don't expect to be blown away by its wit or depth.
Rating: 5
Summary: Safety tips
Comment: Officer Buckle is a friendly police officer who enjoys making up safety tips and sharing them with school children. However, the school children find Officer Buckle's safety lectures boring, until the day when he takes his new police dog Gloria along with him to the lecture. Officer Buckle doesn't know it, but Gloria has a habit of acting out the tips behind his back while he is speaking. When Officer Buckle finally finds out what Gloria is doing behind his back, he decides to stop giving lectures. But Gloria finds that she can't go on without him, and the school children also miss the fun. The story is very cute and not at all scary.
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Title: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Caldecott Medal Book, 2000) by Simms Taback ISBN: 0670878553 Publisher: Viking Childrens Books Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann ISBN: 0761315357 Publisher: Millbrook Pr Trade Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully ISBN: 0698114434 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: So You Want to Be President? (Caldecott Medal Book, 2001) by Judith St. George, David Small, Judith St George ISBN: 0399234071 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: 07 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner ISBN: 0618007016 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 23 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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