The Secret Shortcut

This one is a very cute tale of imagination.


A Lucky Shortcut?   March 19, 2003
Wendell and Floyd are the kids in this book. They are boys and they are seven years old. They lie all the time. They are always late for school. I like this book a lot and I think you should read it. I reccomend it to all the kids in my school -- hopefully they will not be late for school!


If you are always late for school you need a secret shortcut   February 3, 2002
Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

If your child has a habit of being late for school, or if you find yourself running behind morning after morning, then Mark Teague's "The Secret Shortcut" may well prove helpful. The tale being told here is of Wendell and Floyd, two young friends who are always late for class. For some reason their teacher, Mrs. Gernsblatt, does not believe their stories about being late because of encounters with space creatures, pirates, and a plague of frogs. They try leaving earlier for school one morning, but that does not work and Wendell decides they are going to have to use his secret shortcut. The result is a real bungle through the jungle, aided and abetted by Teague's lush illustrations. Getting to school might never be so much fun ever again, although I could really use a story like this about a young girl who is always late, because I certainly have one of those.


Cool Way To School   April 11, 2001
5 out of 7 found this review helpful

" The part of this book that I like is went Wendell and Floyd got stuck by the aleanse. Went they found a shortcut and they thought it would not work but it did they were amased went the teacher said that she did not want to now how they got so muddy. I think the pictures in this book are very very good and exciting. Thank you for your time, corporation, and good sportsmans- hip. Especially the people how made this book. Realy. I mean it. goobye


What an imagination!   April 5, 2000
7 out of 9 found this review helpful

This is a fun book to read aloud to young children. They will enjoy both the story and the illustrations. Working in a school library I have learned that children are motivated to read by the pictures. This will be a popular book in our school library!