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Can I read Officer Buckle And Gloria on EtoBox?
Officer Buckle And Gloria by Esther Holden Averill; Joanne Barkan; Lynne Bertrand; Paullette Bourgeois; Norman Bridwell; Marc Tolan Brown; Margaret Wise Brown; Nancy L Carlson; Bernice Chardiet; Gail Gibbons; Taro Gomi; Rose Greydanus; Juanita Havill; Edith Kunhardt; Robert Maass; Grace Maccarone; Margaret Miller; Robert N Munsch; Sharon Peters; Peggy Rathmann; Margret Rey; Judith Rice; Sherry Shahan; Norma Simon; William Steig; Chris Van Allsburg is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Officer Buckle And Gloria about?
<p>None of the children listen when Officer Buckle gives his talk about safety tips. But when Gloria the police dog accompanies Officer Buckle, his speech is suddenly in huge demand. When the talk is videotaped, Officer Buckle discovers the real secret to his popularity - Gloria's slapstick enactment of what happens when you don't follow the tips. Rathman's humorous illustrations contain a lot of feeling, and her portrayal of the earnest Officer Buckle and the expressive yet well-meaning Gloria is priceless.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Rathmann (Good Night, Gorilla) brings a lighter-than-air comic touch to this outstanding, solid-as-a-brick picture book. Officer Buckle, a mustachioed policeman who wears a crossed-out-banana-peel patch on his sleeve, has a passion for teaching students about safety, but his audiences tend to doze off during his lectures. They awaken, however, when police dog Gloria joins Buckle onstage. As Buckle speaks, Gloria-behind Buckle's back-mimes each safety lesson (e.g., leaping sky-high for ``Never leave a thumbtack where you might sit on it!'' and making her fur stand on end to illustrate ``Do not go swimming during electrical storms!''). School safet
Who reads Officer Buckle And Gloria?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Esther Holden Averill; Joanne Barkan; Lynne Bertrand; Paullette Bourgeois; Norman Bridwell; Marc Tolan Brown; Margaret Wise Brown; Nancy L Carlson; Bernice Chardiet; Gail Gibbons; Taro Gomi; Rose Greydanus; Juanita Havill; Edith Kunhardt; Robert Maass; Grace Maccarone; Margaret Miller; Robert N Munsch; Sharon Peters; Peggy Rathmann; Margret Rey; Judith Rice; Sherry Shahan; Norma Simon; William Steig; Chris Van Allsburg
- Publisher
- C.P.PUTNAM'S SONS·NEW YORK
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780590459327
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile
- Rating
- 4.16 / 5 (636 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13