I Want to Be a Police Officer Paperback – March 4, 2000

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This book is intended for younger children. I read it with my kinders, and it was long enough to learn from but not to long that the lost interest. Though is talks a little about the day to day of being a police officer, it also brings in the different types of police officers... ones who rides motorcycles, bicycles, boats, etc. The kids found it interesting for they had never considered that police officers are in those place.

The main focus of this book is photos and descriptions of the different modes of transportation police officers can use - cars, boats, walking, motorcycles, horses, ultralight airplanes, etc and the tools they use - dogs, computers, fingerprints. I wished it was a little longer for my 5 year old with more descriptions of what a police officer does but he really likes this book and asks to read it often.

I bought this for my first graders as part of our job unit. As far as the text goes, it is perfect. There is rich vocabulary, but it isn't so wordy that little ones stop listening.However, every single cop in the book is white. There is one black cop on the cover, and after that, it is all white people. I want my black kids to see themselves in books. This one misses the mark.

Perfect book to assist while talking to Pre K students about being a police officer!

My 5 year old son is into the police. This book is a simple read and easy for him to understand. My son has chosen this as a bedtime story a few times, showing that he likes and enjoys the story.

This book shows different police officers and what different kinds of jobs they do. It has all real pictures and is part of a series of "I want to be" books. My daycare has loved and responded well to all of the books in this series...a great addition to any early childhood setting.

Only book anywhere about police for 2nd graders.