Officer Buckle and Gloria (CALDECOTT MEDAL BOOK)
Book Information
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
- Published
- 1995-09-28
- Pages
- 40 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 22.7 x 0.8 x 28.6 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780399226168
- ISBN-10
- 0399226168
- Price
- 3642 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Children's Books/Animals/Dogs
One of the funniest winners of the Caldecott Medal, this story of unlikely friends getting over a misunderstanding is a sure-fire crowd-pleaser. Officer Buckle knows more about safety than anyone in the town of Napville. But whenever he tries to share his safety tips, nobody listens. Until, that is, the Napville Police Department gets a police dog named Gloria. Unbeknownst to Officer Buckle, Gloria has her own way of demonstrating safety tips—one that makes Napville sit up and take notice! Suddenly, everyone wants to hear Officer Buckle's safety speech. "And please," people say, "bring along that police dog." When Officer Buckle discovers he's been upstaged, he vows to give up safety tips once and for all. Can Gloria convince her friend to return to the job he loves, or is Napville about to have its worst accident ever?
Caldecott-medalist Peggy Rathmann was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and grew up in the suburbs with two brothers and two sisters. "In the summer we lolled in plastic wading pools guzzling Kool-Aid. In the winter we sculpted giant snow animals. It was a good life." Ms. Rathmann graduated from Mounds View High School in New Brighton, Minnesota, then attended colleges everywhere, changing her major repeatedly. She eventually earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of Minnesota. "I wanted to teach sign language to gorillas, but after taking a class in signing, I realized what I'd rather do was draw pictures of gorillas." Ms. Rathmann studied commercial art at the American Academy in Chicago, fine art at the Atelier Lack in Minneapolis, and children's-book writing and illustration at the Otis Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles. "I spent the first three weeks of my writing class at Otis Parsons filching characters from my classmates' stories. Finally, the teacher convinced me that even a beginning writer can create an original character if the character is driven by the writer's most secret weirdness. Eureka! A little girl with a passion for plagiarism! I didn't want anyone to know it was me, so I made the character look like my sister." The resulting book, Ruby the Copycat , earned Ms. Rathmann the "Most Promising New Author" distinction in Publishers Weekly 's 1991 annual Cuffie Awards. In 1992 she illustrated Bootsie Barker Bites for Barbara Bottner, her teacher at Otis Parsons. A homework assignment produced an almost wordless story, Good Night, Gorilla , inspired by a childhood memory. "When I was little, the highlight of the summer was running barefoot through the grass, in the dark, screaming. We played kick-the-can, and three-times-around-the-house, and sometimes we just stood staring into other people's picture windows, wondering what it would be like to go home to someone else's house." That story, however, was only nineteen pages long, and everyone agreed that the ending was a dud. Two years and ten endings later, Good Night, Gorilla was published and recognized as an ALA Notable Children's Book for 1994. The recipient of the 1996 Caldecott Medal, Officer Buckle and Gloria , is the story of a school safety officer upstaged by his canine partner. "We have a videotape of my mother chatting in the dining room while, unnoticed by her or the cameraman, the dog is licking every poached egg on the buffet. The next scene shows the whole family at the breakfast table, complimenting my mother on the delicious poached eggs. The dog, of course, is pretending not to know what a poached egg is. The first time we watched that tape we were so shocked, we couldn't stop laughing. I suspect that videotape had a big influence on my choice of subject matter." Ms. Rathmann lives and works in San Francisco, in an apartment she shares with her husband, John Wick, and a very funny bunch of ants. copyright © 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.
Reviews
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A fun way to go over safety rules
Peggy Rathman did a wonderful job of emphasizing the importance of reviewing safety rules in a fun way. This book coupled with the Japanese version is a good way to compare Japan with America and to go over the irony of the situations. A story which can be read at any time of year, but may be good before summer vacations.
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Don`t Miss Out on this Stunning Rib-tickler
The story is original and mildly amusing, but when coupled with the eye-catching and often hilarious illustrations, this was a big hit with my two boys, five and seven years old. This droll story about the teamwork that develops between Officer Buckle, who puts his audience to sleep with boredom and his mute but gloriously-expressive police dog, Gloria, captivated my young ones. My sons suddenly became sticklers for detail: I was made to read every safety tip thumbtacked to Officer Buckle`s bulletin board AND go through the tips on the stars drawn on the front and back of the book, TWICE. I also had to read the book three times in one sitting. THAT`S how big an impression this book made.
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Five Stars
Children in my class loved this book
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Great book! Really!
This is perfect for any child’s collection of books. The story is adorable and the artwork perfectly adds to the story giving the reader clues and laughs. Plus, it’s hardcover making it a great gift or addition to a gift basket.
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Gloria should be Chief of Police
Little kids laugh themselves silly when I break out this fun book! Gloria is not just a police dog...she is a one dog show!
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Leider nur in Originalsprache
Meine Kinder liebten "Gute Nacht Gorilla". Also dieses Buch auch besorgt. Mein kleinster (4 J.) liebt auch dieses und ich muss oft einige Abende hintereinander daraus vorlesen, bzw. simultan übersetzen.
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Terrific story and Award winner
This is a wonderful picture book with great illustrations which match the humour and lessons to be learned. Every child I have read this book to--from three to eight years of age have enjoyed it (and one asked, "Where do you get these terrific stories?") so I highly recommend it. It's a great book for discussion.