When impulsive David brings his new Dachshund puppy, Bandit, into Mrs. Norrell's second-grade class for show-and-tell the dog escapes, and when David rushes off to find him he suddenly turns into a Dachshund himself. Includes "Top ten things about Dachshunds."
Witty typewriter Olivetti and twelve-year-old introvert Ernest embark on a mission to find Ernest's missing mother that takes them across San Francisco.