{"product_id":"officer-buckle-and-gloria-hardcover","title":"Officer Buckle and Gloria - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeggy Rathmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Besides the beguiling story, the affable illustrations of the smiling Gloria, the accidental mayhem in the background, and the myriad safety tips -- such as 'always pull the toothpick out of your sandwhich' and 'never lick a stop sign in the winter' -- add to the enjoyment. A glorious picture book.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e\"Rathmann is a quick rising star in the world of chidren's books. In this book, she again shows her flair for creating real characters, dramatic situations and for knowing what will make young audiences giggle and think.\" -- \u003ci\u003eChildren's Book Review Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\"Rathman brings a lighter-than-air comic touch to this outstanding, solid-as-a-brick picture book.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\"A five-star performance.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaldecott-medalist Peggy Rathmann was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and grew up in the suburbs with two brothers and two sisters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMs. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMs. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe resulting book, \u003cb\u003eRuby the Copycat\u003c\/b\u003e, earned Ms. Rathmann the \"Most Promising New Author\" distinction in \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's 1991 annual Cuffie Awards. In 1992 she illustrated \u003cb\u003eBootsie Barker Bites\u003c\/b\u003e for Barbara Bottner, her teacher at Otis Parsons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA homework assignment produced an almost wordless story, \u003cb\u003eGood Night, Gorilla\u003c\/b\u003e, inspired by a childhood memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat story, however, was only nineteen pages long, and everyone agreed that the ending was a dud. Two years and ten endings later, \u003cb\u003eGood Night, Gorilla\u003c\/b\u003e was published and recognized as an ALA Notable Children's Book for 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recipient of the 1996 Caldecott Medal, \u003cb\u003eOfficer Buckle and Gloria\u003c\/b\u003e, is the story of a school safety officer upstaged by his canine partner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMs. Rathmann lives and works in San Francisco, in an apartment she shares with her husband, John Wick, and a very funny bunch of ants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecopyright (c) 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 11.36 x 8.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Caldecott Medal (1996)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e North Carolina Children's Book Award (1997)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (1997)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Officer Buckle and Gloria\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lower Grades, K-3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3.4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45583079112748,"sku":"9780399226168","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/eGt3R0orWjBjM0cxd0hrRWQ0dmtQQT09.webp?v=1780123816","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/officer-buckle-and-gloria-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}