Police Officers on Patrol

by Kersten Hamilton, R.W. Alley (Illustrations)

A broken light might cause a crash! Who can help? Who is fast? Officer Mike, on traffic patrol! Situation? Under control! ?When people need help, we rock and roll!? With Kersten Hamilton?s high-energy rhyming text that begs to be read aloud, and R. W. Alley?s warm and silly illustrations, this picture book is a fun and reassuring way to tell kids about what police offi - cers do. ?With a well-crafted text spiced with sound effects, this appealing picture book is highly recommended.?? Booklist , starred review for Red Truck

Genres: Picture Books, Police, Childrens, Storytime, Fiction, Juvenile

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 16, 2009

Reviews

[Fjóla]

An illustrative book about police officers. Sweet, if not terribly original. In fact it reminded me strongly of Bug Patrol, a slightly more humorous take on the same theme. But this book is good for the young crowd.

[Gretyl]

Great for police related or community helper storytime. Use of rhyme, colored pencil drawings will resonate with young audiences.

[Kari Doering]

Police officers on patrol is a book by Kersten Hamilton and pictures by R.W. Alley A broken light might cause a crash! Who can help? Who is fast? The cover of the book is very colorful with lots of design and it shows that all three of the officers on the run. The title of the book has a stamping effect with thick bold letters and dark color to make it stand out. This book also has jacket flaps where the story is summerized on the front and on the back it tells a little about both the author and illustrator.
The book starts out with a double page spread on the first page you see the officers changing into their uniforms. On the next page you see a completed uniform with the words saying "uniform!,badge! radio! police officers, getting ready to go."
Throughout the book the pages continue to have bright colors and good expressions the faces of the officers. The pictures were hand drawn but used water colors to fill the pictures in.The officers had to report to Sergeant Santole as he yelled "people need help let's rock in roll". A broken light might cause a crash! who can help? Who is fast? Officer mike is on patrol go, mike, go! Situation under control! "when people need help, we rock and roll". Throughout the rest of the book the different officers continue to save the day. Some of the pages show pictures that have two pictures on one page showing sequience of what is going to happen next. At the end officer carl is responding to a crime being taken place. As he runs through the streets he got the situation under control and Sergeant Santole responds with "when people need help, we rock and roll." "Uniform! badge! radio! " if you need help, we're on patrol!"

[Darla]

Uniform!
Badge!
Radio!
Police officers, getting ready to go!👮‍♀️👮‍♂️

I just have to give this book all the stars.

🌟The rhyming text makes it fun to read. The phrase "rock and roll" is repeated often. My husband and boys used to tell each other, "Rock and roll! Shake and bake!"😎

🌟Getting dressed for work is a process. Do you wear your vest over or under? Tools on your belt or clipped on your outer vest? When the boys were little my husband would pretend he was going to leave for work without his pants and they would "remind" him to put them on.😂

🌟The illustrations are engaging and have some great details. An officer helping turtles cross the road ends up with one in his car. There are many more animals to find on each page.🐢

🌟A variety of officer transportation is included with cars, horses, and the classic foot chase included.🚔

🌟My husband's mantra for his guys was always, "Work smarter, not harder." When bad boys try to take off with an ATM in the book, the officer runs up the stairs to catch them from above. That guys was thinking outside the box.💡

A great way to show littles how police officers serve their community.

Situation?
Under control!
"When people need help,
we rock and roll!"

[Shannon]

Very cute illustrations. We got this through Imagination Library. I’m just not a fan of so many sentence fragments or slang like “let’s rock and roll” being so much repeated through the book text. I also think it was poorly chosen for the age bracket. My 3.5-year-old received it, but my not yet 2-year-old was copying words from it. If development is what we’re going for with a book program, let’s help the kids reach higher.

[Lacy | literary_lacy]

This was my 3-year old’s December Imagination Library book. I read this to my toddler and infant, and they both really enjoyed it.

My 9-month old absolutely loved this book. He kept smiling as I was reading it. He just really enjoyed it.

This book had colorful illustrations with short, simple sentences to keep little ones invested. This book also, teaches kids what cops are supposed to do-help others.

Overall, this is a cute book for little ones.

[Set]

A tender take on police officers and how they're here to help society. It's good if you want your children to respect authority and not fear police officers. The pictures are also very nice. I wish I would've had a book like this when I was little. I always got nervous around them as if I was some sort of bank robber on the lamb or something. haha

[Miss Sarah]

Police are getting ready for their day and heading out to help people. I really liked this book showed a variety of police activities but would have liked a few more explanations. Toddler and up and a great refrain for kids to repeat.

[Lana Jackson]

"Police Officers On Patrol" shows examples of the types of situations that a police officer would come to help a person. It's a lively, fun book for children. Illustrations are colorful and action based.

[TJE]

Decent book, didn't want to read over and over but well written with clever illustrations that tie in previous pages' stories. Shows 3 different types of police officers (car, on foot, on horse). Was a great option for practicing predictions based on text, context clues and picture clues.

[Karla]

Kids enjoyed this quick story at lunch today
Illustrations are ok

Repetitious

which is great

some rhymes too

pretty high quality book I'd recommend

[Christine Kallner]

An instant hit with my police-obsessed 4-year old. I love the illustrations by R.W. Alley (of Paddington fame).

[Krystal]

Cute

[Jessica]

Conner loves the illustrations. Thank you, Dolly Parton.

[Abby Frye]

Beautiful artwork and I love that the author shows police helping children to help kids reading see they can go to officers for help.

[Lisa]

I really liked the illustration style.

[Molly]

Sweet and well-illustrated, you learn even more about the characters from the pictures than the story details. Teaches that police are here to help.

[Jessica]

A story told in rhyme about the different types of police officers on patrol. Now if my child checked this out at the library, I would say that it does present an opportunity to teach them on the subject. A police officer could arrive in a car, on a horse or on foot, but I protest to the phrase "Rock and Roll" being used one too many times. Perhaps it is used to teach children the art of repetition, but I wouldn't have used it. Other than that, I have given this book a four star rating, because the situations are real, the responses are done quickly and favorable outcomes present by the end. The pictures are great, the officers are both male and female so as to not leave any gender out and it is my belief that children could learn from this book.

[Chris Eboch]

Kersten Hamilton is fabulous at writing very short, action-packed, fun-filled books for preschool children. This is another winner, especially for boys who will love getting a look at what police officers do. The officers (including a woman) are competent, energetic and friendly. The bright, fairly simple illustrations back up the story well.

[Karen C]

This would probably be a good read aloud for young toddlers. The text is very simple and the drawings are bright. Various types of officers are shown, including mounted police. The refrain, "When people need help, we rock and roll!" is not my favorite thing ever, but overall, I think kids will respond well to the book.

[Arapahoe Libraries]

Sometimes people need help, so it's a good thing there's so many kinds of police officers! Bright and positive, this rhyming story follows Sargeant Santole as he dispatches his officers around town. Broken traffic lights, lost children, and bank robberies are all tended to by the traffic, mounted, and crime patrols. "Situation? Under control. 'When people need help, we rock and roll!'"

[Laudys]

I'll admit it, I couldn't help singing out loud the words, it's that catchy.
Also, it says "we rock and roll", how more awesome can this book get?

A nice, dynamic read to teach young children the different kind of police officers that go on patrol and the situations they can help you with. Really cute.

[Brooke]

This is an amazing rhyming book that will teach kids about what police officers do. It features 3 different police officers who do traffic stops, help a lost boy find his mom, and stop two robbers from taking an ATM. It is also fairly short for a book of this type. Parents and children loved it when I had a Police Officer read it during Pre-K storytime!

[Molly]

This will be fabulous for anyone doing a unit on public servants. This is written in ryhme and the illustrations are fun. This is a great story about police officers and a few of the things they do. Ages 2+

[Erin]

Even though I am generally not a fan of cops and find these kinds of books boring this is a cute one. The illustrations are adorable and the rhyming text makes all the difference. A cute story all around.

[Katie Fitzgerald]

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[Katie]

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Short and sweet book about 3 types of police officers. Repetition and rhymes.

I really enjoyed details in the illustrations. Would make great one on one book.

[Allison]

PERFECT. Pictures match the story perfectly, rhymes match up perfectly... fun fun fun!!!

Uniform!
Badge!
Radio!
Police officers,
getting ready to go!

[Marie]

Fun introduction to the roles of police officers, with a repeating phrase and lots of rhyme.

[Boni]

I think this would be quite appealing to toddler boys, but her use of near rhyme was a problem for me. I'm not a fan of it.