Officer Buckle & Gloria

E-343: G. P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1995. Third Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. G. P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, New York. 1995. 40 pgs. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed with a drawing by Peggy Rathmann on the reverse of the dedication page with a note present to the title page. 3rd Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Officer Buckle is a roly-poly bloke, dedicated to teaching schoolchildren important safety tips, such as never put anything in your ear and never stand on a swivel chair. The problem is, Officer Buckle's school assemblies are dull, dull, dull, and the children of Napville just sleep, sleep, sleep. That is, until Gloria the police dog is invited along! Stealthily pantomiming each safety tip behind Officer Buckle's back, Gloria wins the children's hearts. Meanwhile Officer Buckle assumes the cheers and laughter are all for him. As the master comedian Jerry Lewis once explained, every slapstick artist needs a straight man! Children will be highly entertained by the laugh-out-loud, adorable illustrations in this 1996 Caldecott Medal winner, while learning the value of teamwork and a pawful of nifty safety tips. EB; 8.94 X 0.33 X 11.25 inches; 40 pages; Signed by Author .