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Since they have trouble getting to school on time, Wendell and Floyd take a secret shortcut. But instead of getting to school, they wind up in a wild jungle full of quicksand, monkeys, and crocodiles. Full color.

Because Wendell and Floyd have a problem getting to school on time, they decide to take a shortcut which, however, leads to unexpected adventures.

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Overview

Since they have trouble getting to school on time, Wendell and Floyd take a secret shortcut. But instead of getting to school, they wind up in a wild jungle full of quicksand, monkeys, and crocodiles. Full color.

Because Wendell and Floyd have a problem getting to school on time, they decide to take a shortcut which, however, leads to unexpected adventures.

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Wendell and Floyd are continually late to school because something-such as pirates stalking the streets, or a plague of frogs-always delays them. When their teacher gives them a final warning about being late, Wendell and Floyd use a secret shortcut. After meandering through jungles and quicksand, swinging from vines and landing in mud, the two finally make it to school-and on time! What a shortcut!
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Teague's skewed sense of humor is unleashed once again in this droll tale of two fellows having trouble getting to school on time. Wendell and Floyd's excuses sound perfectly plausible to themalien invasions, pirates in the neighborhood, a plague of frogsbut their teacher, Ms. Gernsblatt, is having none of it and issues an ultimatum. Determined to be punctual, they leave at the crack of dawn and take a shortcut. Alas, suburban backyards quickly give way to jungle, and the boys are in for the adventure of their lives. Like William Joyce, Teague (Pigsty; The Iguana Brothers) has a knack for visualizing that privileged realm of childhood where imagination and reality collide, and for sending it up through broad exaggeration. His color-saturated acrylics, verging on the satirical, aim straight for the funnybone (Wendell and Floyd picking their way through the plague of frogs, for instance). The combination of deadpan text and unbridled art is a sure-fire recipe for a crowd-pleaser. Ages 5-up. (Sept.)
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K-Gr 2-Teague, the author/illustrator of Pigsty (1994) and Moog-Moog Space Barber (1991, both Scholastic) has concocted yet another outrageous flight of fancy. In this adventure, try as they might, Wendell and Floyd cannot seem to make it to school on time. First they are captured by space creatures; then they encounter pirates and a plague of frogs. Finally, they try a shortcut, only to be distracted by quicksand swamps and sleeping crocodiles. While the conclusion lacks the punch promised by the build-up, children will identify with the daily struggle and will be entertained by the artist's dizzying perspectives and swirling brush strokes. His decorative sense and ability to create backgrounds and foregrounds that pulse with motion make this a promising candidate for a back-to-school story time on excuses-pair it with appropriate Shel Silverstein poems. Teachers will appreciate the boys' interracial friendship; children will enjoy the silly situations.-Wendy Lukehart, Dauphin County Library, Harrisburg, PA
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Teague (who illustrated Audrey Wood's The Flying Dragon Room, p. 75) takes the sidelong view of life in this story about Wendell and Floyd, who are chronically late for school. One day it's space creatures that nearly abduct them, on another it's pirates in the neighborhood, and on another it's a plague of frogs that slows their progress schoolward. Their teacher is not amused. "Absurd! I'm warning you—be here on time tomorrow—or else! And no more crazy excuses!" Next day, up at the crack of dawn, determined not to let Ms. Gernsblatt down, Wendell recommends a secret shortcut. That shortcut seems to occupy a parallel dimension, one of rain forests and jungle animals, trailing vines and giant mud puddles. Finally, in the distance, they hear the school bell, and, running toward the noise, make it to their seats in the nick of time.

This is an invigorating massage to the imagination, luxuriantly set in Teague's tactile acrylic illustrations, dreamlike items painted from worm's- and bird's-eye angles. Readers who have found themselves tardy and lacking suitable excuses will prize the brio of Wendell and Floyd.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780439110914
  • Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
  • Publication date: 9/1/1999
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 32
  • Sales rank: 104,327
  • Age range: 4 - 8 Years
  • Lexile: 0570L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 10.05 (w) x 9.01 (h) x 0.11 (d)

Meet the Author

Mark Teague
Mark Teague

Mark Teague

Mark Teague is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator whose books include DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL, the 2002 Book Sense Illustrated Book of the Year; DETECTIVE LARUE: LETTERS FROM THE INVESTIGATION; LARUE FOR MAYOR: LETTERS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL; FUNNY FARM; and PIGSTY. He is also the illustrator of the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling How Do Dinosaurs series by Jane Yolen. Mark lives in Hudson Valley, New York, with his wife and daughters.

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  • Posted April 27, 2011

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    If you are ever late for school here is the book for you!

    If you are ever late for school here is the book for you! In the story, The Secret Shortcut, Wendell and Floyd were always late for school so they took a super secret shortcut. It was an exciting and dangerous shortcut. We even thought it was funny. In the end they made it to school but they never found a really good shortcut. We think it is a really cool book because the author put many funny parts in the story. We think you should read this. We are even writing our own stories like it. You can too!

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