Teague, Mark

Because Wendell and Floyd have trouble getting to school on time, they decide to take a shortcut which leads to an unexpected adventure.

Wendell and Floyd search out shortcuts, lucky hats and adventure in two stories. On the way to school, Wendell and Floyd take a secret shortcut that leads to a jungle full of crocodiles, swamps and rocky canyons. Then, Wendell and Floyd meet Mona outside the principal's office just before she disappears into the lost and found bin to look for her lucky hat.

Elmo gets a terrible haircut and makes a trip to outer space to get it fixed by Moog-Moog, the great barber of the universe.

While on vacation, Mrs. LaRue receives letters from her dog Ike who has been falsely accused of harming the neighbor's cats and is trying to clear his name.

After a bad beginning, three friends discover that anything can happen on Halloween.

Edward and his cousin Judy come for a visit to the firehouse and learn how everything works with some unexpected results.

Mrs. LaRue takes a cross-country drive with her hospitalized neighbor's cats and her own dog, Ike, who keeps the cats' owner informed of their misadventures through a series of postcards.

Wendell and Floyd decide to take a shortcut to make it to school on time, but this leads to unexpected adventures.

When Wendell doesn't clean up his room, a whole herd of pigs comes to live with him.