Dog Names that Start with Gl

In the world of children’s books, there exists a wide range of methods by which our little ones are educated, some incorporating the written word solely as a means to teach, while others employ graphic illustrations with or without the aid of the written word, to reach a younger reading audience with their message.  These literary works, containing some very contemporary lessons woven into the text and graphics, are quite entertaining regardless of your level of reading or understanding. Our pop culture spotlight today is one such book about a delightfully intuitive dog named Gloria.

Gloria becomes the sidekick of Officer Buckle, a safety specialist who makes routine visits to schools to teach children how to live with less danger.  In the book Officer Buckle and Gloria, our hero, Officer Buckle, makes frequent visits to Napville Elementary School to talk to and teach the kids.  Presenting his program on stage at the school, however, doesn’t always turn out as he’d like, the children falling asleep from boredom.  Officer Buckle takes on a partner in this endeavor - a dog named Gloria. She accompanies Officer Buckle to the school, positioning her behind him on the stage while he gives his normal boring presentation.  

Something incredible happens on the first such visit to the school - the kids don’t fall asleep!  They are excitedly interacting as he proceeds through his prepared material on safety, with no knowledge of what was taking place behind him on the stage!  While Officer Buckle was pointing out specific safety issues, Gloria was “performing” behind him, demonstrating some action associated with the safety issue mentioned by Officer Buckle.  

Though Gloria was always sitting at attention when Officer Buckle looked back to check on her,  unaware of Gloria’s behavior behind him, he went on with his programs with each visit, gaining more confidence with each session - until, on one particular visit Officer Buckle’s safety lesson was videotaped.  Watching the video later, he saw Gloria’s antics and became very depressed when he realized what had gotten and maintained the children’s attention - Gloria’s behavior. Gloria, on the other hand, became quite prideful of her success, so prideful was she that she tried to perform on her own and flopped! When both Officer Buckle and Gloria realized that they needed each other to be successful, they regained and exceeded their previous positions, stressing and demonstrating the need to work together.