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    Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure!
    Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure!
    Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure!
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    Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure!

    By Jeff Brown and Macky Pamintuan

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    In this 50th anniversary edition, join Flat Stanley and the rest of the Lambchop family on the adventure that started it all! 

    Kids love Flat Stanley—even reluctant readers. And for parents and teachers, each Flat Stanley book delivers multicultural adventure, plot and character development story elements, and compare and contrast.

    When Stanley Lambchop wakes up one morning, his brother, Arthur, is yelling. A bulletin board fell on Stanley during the night, and now he is only half an inch thick! Amazing things begin happening to him. Stanley gets rolled up, mailed, and flown like a kite. He even gets to help catch two dangerous art thieves. He may be flat, but he's a hero.

    "With lots of pictures and goofy situations, this is a short, delightful story that young readers have loved for generations." (Brightly.com)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 28, 2010
    ISBN9780062063342
    Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure!
    Author

    Jeff Brown

    Jeff Brown created the beloved character of Flat Stanley as a bedtime story for his sons. He has written other outrageous books about the Lambchop family, including Flat Stanley, Stanley and the Magic Lamp, Invisible Stanley, Stanley’s Christmas Adventure, Stanley in Space, and Stanley, Flat Again! You can learn more about Jeff Brown and Flat Stanley at www.flatstanleybooks.com.

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    • 3/5
      Flat Stanley is a staple book in the elementary classroom, being the focus of many class read alouds and letter writing projects. Since my second grader was reading it at school, we decided to include the book as part of our nightly reading sessions at home. In the story, Flat Stanley is a young kid who becomes flat after the poster board beside his bed falls on him during the night. No worries, though, Stanley is still in perfect health, he's just flat as a board. The book proceeds to details the adventures that a flat boy can encounter, from flying as a kite to posing as a work of fine art and capturing art thieves. The story is quite unbelievable, but Stanley's antics were manic enough to delight my daughters. I read in the author's synopsis that the story originated as a night time adventure made up for the author's children, and knowing its origin helped me understand some of the book's outrageous nature. Bedtime stories are frequently wild and unimaginable. Personally, I found Flat Stanley to be more than a little ridiculous and old-fashioned, but certainly creative, and my children unreservedly enjoyed it.
    • 4/5
      Reason for Reading: My son read this as his reader while I was away on vacation and I promised I would read it too. I have read it before a few other times in the past.Stanley's original adventure never ceases to amuse me and any child I have read it to for the first time has always found a lot of fun within these pages. Yes, we can tell that the story is taking place in some that took place much earlier than our "here and now" and while contemporary when written it now adds a sense of vintage charm to the story. When things were simpler, when people were politer and when they sorted out their grievances right quick even if it did involve a push and a shove. The old-fashionedness didn't bother my son at all and I found it rather quaint. Stanley has fun adventures being flat; his brother Arthur is jealous at first but in the end Stanley just wants to be his regular self. A fun story that started "The Flat Stanley Project". The illustrations in this book are nice but they are not the originals which I will always prefer. Fun book for early chapterbook readers with several more in this series plus a couple of spin-off series.
    • 5/5
      This is a wonderful story about a boy, Stanley, who had been flattened by a bulletin board to an inch thick while sleeping. This imaginative tale takes the reader on a wild ride full of adventure. This young boy experiences many fun adventures including being shipped in an envelope to California. This is a great series to have in the classroom for students, they are an instant hit! They are designed for grades 2-4, and can even be used for some lessons on geography or can be made into an ongoing project that the students create their own "flat___" and when they go on trips they can take pictures with their flat person and mail them back to school for everyone to see. Word choice was not particularly difficult, but definitely designed for a second or third grade reader, and maybe a bit of an easier read for a fourth grader.
    • 5/5
      Read with my 2nd through 4th graders in Kenya. They loved it! Lots of great ideas on for projects. Write letters and mail Stanley to different places. See what kinds of responses you get.
    • 4/5
      A silly, cute story, decently written with an interesting, original premise.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed reading this book. This was such a great idea for a story, because not only is it exciting and fun for children to read, but it also has more serious themes about self-acceptance and family. Because this book is fantasy, readers are automatically drawn in by the crazy idea of Stanley becoming “flat” from his bulletin board falling on him. As Stanley embarks on all of his adventures, readers imagine themselves what it would be like to be sent away in a mailing envelope and go explore California, or be a secret night guard in a picture frame at an art gallery. This helps to show readers that even though Stanley is different, his unique qualities give him the ability to have experiences like never before. The only issue that I have with the book is that in the end, Stanley becomes normal again, which does not exactly reinforce the idea of becoming comfortable with who you are. However, it does show that his family will do anything to help him feel better again. The main purpose of this story was to show the adventures of a boy who became flat.
    • 4/5
      I liked this book a lot! I think it is different than the typical story plots that are found on the shelves today. When I was growing up I visited Colonial Williamsburg a lot with my family. One day a lady asked my sisters and I to take a picture with a Flat Stanley from her classroom. The lady told us all about Flat Stanley and reading this book brought back all of those memories. I like the book for two reasons. First, I like the book because of how it is written. I think the text has a great pace to it and there is not too much text included on each page. For every page of text there is an illustration page provided. The second reason I liked this book is because of the central purpose of the book. I think the central purpose of the book is to embrace your differences and use them for good. For example, when Stanley becomes flat he does not just sit around a pout that he is flat. Instead he finds ways in which he can help. Stanley’s mother drops her ring and Stanley is able to slide into the crate and retrieve the ring. Therefore, I think the central message of the story is to embrace differences.
    • 5/5
      This is a cute book! I learned about Flat Stanley in math class and had to know more. This book tells you about a little boy who was flattened by a bulletin board! He then realizes all the potential he now has in fitting into all the hard to fit in places, like envelopes! He can do a lot of good, even catch the bad guys! I love this book because it is an open door for a great activity! Children can create their own Stanleys and mail him to different places! I love it! It is so cute!
    • 4/5
      In my opinion “Flat Stanley” by Jeff Brown is a fun book to read with students. The animated illustrations match the text well and are engaging to students. For example, the students are able to visualize what a “flat” person would like when the bulletin board falls on top of Stanley in the middle of the night; the pictures reinforce their visualizations. Along with the illustrations, the plot is organized stating a clear beginning, middle, and end, which is easy for students to follow. The book shows Stanley become flat in the beginning, travel and do activities while he is flat, and back to normal again! Not only does this book have a clear plot, but it offers teachers fun activities to do in the classroom. The main message of this book is to have pride for who you are and respect for the people around you.
    • 4/5
      A simple chapter book about a boy who becomes flattened by a bulletin board, so he can be rolled up, mailed, flown like a kite, and have other amazing adventures. Children are encouraged to make their own Flat Stanley drawings and mail him to friends. Funny, and fun. 5 chapters, good for grades 1 to 2.
    • 3/5
      I know this one is really popular with the kids, but I just couldn't let go. I kept looking at Stanley as a kid with a horrible disability. It did, however, have the perfect ingredients for a chapter book for young kids - jealous little brother, flying (cool, even if you do get tangled in a tree) and ridiculous save by little brother that leads to reconciliation. Added bonus, the parents aren't stupid or cruel, but they do let the kids solve their own problems.
    • 5/5
      This book (especially the Toni Ungerer illustrations)provided hours of hilarity in my grade-school years.
    • 4/5
      Read this over and over as a child I remember.
    • 5/5
      This book is one of my favorites of all time! Kids do projects with him in the 3rd grade at my boys school and I have had cousins send him too me for their school projects from all over. I think the idea of a boy traveling around rolled up is awesome and I think it is a great way to introduce geography!
    • 5/5
      This is a very funny book that is about a young boy who is at home one day and then gets crushed "flat as a pancake." Now that he is flat, he can fit though places he normally could not, which brings him various adventures. One of these adventures includes being mailed in an envelope. This is a very humorous book that children will love. It is a great book to use for many different types of lessons. I actually read the first few chapters aloud to the students in my practicum placement and they absolutely loved it! They were very engaged, and therefore constantly laughing and asking questions and participating in class discussions. The way I used this narrative book was reading it during the week the students were learning about continents. I did this because it has to do with traveling, and so I asked students things such as "which continent would you mail Flat Stanley to?" and "why did you choose that continent?". They came up with wonderful answers that supported the information we had previously discussed that week, which I thought was great. This book could also be used in a language arts/ comprehension/ vocabulary lesson. There are certain words that could be picked out and explained to students and then further discussed to support their comprehension of the story.
    • 4/5
      This book is a good example of a fantasy story because a boy cannot become flat and be mailed. Stanley became flat by being squished by a bulletin board. From this accident he becomes half an inch thick. This could not really happen in real life.Age Appropriateness: PrimaryMedia: Pen and Ink
    • 4/5
      Absurd story of a boy who becomes flattened. Much better than I expected/remembered. Includes puns and deliberately ridiculous dialogue.
    • 4/5
      I picked this one up because I'd heard about the Flat Stanley Project from teacher friends of mine and wanted to read the original.It's not bad. Very clever and cute, in an old-fashioned sort of way, and the relationship between Stanley and his brother (and Stanley and the other kids, for that matter) is actually handled suprisingly well.I wish I had the original edition, though: this one is very clearly packaged to appeal to modern kids as a "chapter book" in an attempt to caplitalize on the project; but it reads much more like a picture book, and I'd love to see where the page breaks and illustrations were in the original large-format edition.
    • 3/5
      Stanley Lambchop was in his room that he shared with his brother, Arthur. Arthur calls for their parents to come and look, what they see in the boys’ rooms astonished them. During the night Stanley’s bulletin board fell on him and smashed Stanley as flat as a pancake. They bring Stanley to the doctor and because Stanley feels fine there isn’t much the doctor can do. Stanley likes being flat. He slides through the cracks at the bottom of the doors, he is mailed in an envelope to California, he is used as a kite, and he also helps the art director catch art thieves. After helping the art director catch the thieves, Flat Stanley is hailed a hero. Eventually the hero title wears off and people begin to make fun of Stanley for how flat he was. Upset one night because of all the teasing, Arthur comes up with a plan to make Stanley regular shaped again. Arthur grabs the bicycle pump and tells Stanley to hole it in his mouth. As Arthur pumped and pumped, Stanley got bigger and bigger. Arthur was able to get Stanley round again. The boys’ parents walk in their room and are excited that Stanley is round again, they celebrate with hot chocolate. This book could be used to inspire children to write and get them involved in the creative writing process. After reading this book to students, teachers can tell students to use their imagination and write about what they would like and dislike if they could be flat for a whole day.
    • 3/5
      In my opinion, this is a good book. I thought this was a good book for multiple reasons. First, I like the illustrations in this book. There is an illustration on every other page that adds detail to the text. For example, on one page there is an illustration on Stanley hanging down a drain from a piece of string with his mom holding it. On the next page, the text says, “She lowered him between the bars and moved him carefully up and down and from side to side”. I can picture this happening in my head from the details in the text and illustration. Second, I like the plot of the story. In the beginning Stanley becomes flat get made fun of but then he realizes all the cool things that he can now do that no one else can. Lastly, I like how there is a message in this story. As it says in the book, “People should think twice before making rude remarks, and then not make them at all.”
    • 5/5
      This is a modern fantasy book about a boy named Stanley who has a board fall on him during the night and when he wakes up he is flat! This book follows him around as he adjusts to being flat. he is used as a kite, mailed to his friends house in an envelope, and catches a painting theif!
    • 5/5
      Stanley Lambchop wakes up as flat as pancake when a bulletin board falls on him during the night. Instead of complaining about it, Stanley makes the most of his condition. He is in for the time of his life. Pick up this book today and join Stanley on his adventures.
    • 4/5
      When Stanley Lambchop wakes up one morning, his brother, Arthur, is yelling. A bulletin board fell on Stanley during the night, and now he is only half an inch thick! Amazing things begin happening to him. Stanley gets rolled up, mailed, and flown like a kite. He even gets to help catch two dangerous art thieves. He may be flat, but he's a hero. This is the very first Flat Stanley adventure, updated with crisp new art.
    • 3/5
      It was a good story. I liked it a lot ?. #Where do y
    • 5/5
      This book was so babyish and short for big kids !it was great for 7 and down!!!
    • 3/5
      I was surprised at how appealing I found this silly story of a boy he is squished flat one day and makes the best of it. Maybe it's that all the adults -- doctors, parents, police, museum directors -- are all so consistently incompetent, so of course the kids have to step up when it comes to saving money, rescuing lost rings, stopping thieves, resolving sibling rivalry, and finding a cure.Fun.My only critique: I dislike stories where every member of the family gets a first name except the mother. Free Mrs. Lambchop from the patriarchy!
    • 4/5
      Whimsical and imaginative, Mr Brown presents a ridiculous situation in the most of fact way Ana them runs with it. Stanley is mailed in an envelope, he is flown like a kite, and in the end he is re-inflated like a flat tire. But his family is lovely.
    • 4/5
      A nice short read where the fun thing that you can be airmailed coz you're flat! Kinda funny to find that one can be flat after spendinb a night sleeping under a bookcase.
    • 4/5
      I think that this book is a great chapter book for young readers. I liked the book for two reasons, one being the plot of the story. His family discovers that Stanley has become flat in the very beginning of the story. The book takes children on Stanley’s many engaging adventures throughout the middle of the book, such as being mailed to his friend all the way in California! At the end of the story after all of his adventures, Stanley realizes that although he tried to be flat, he likes who he really is, and with his brothers help becomes round again. I think that the books plot can be used while teaching as well because I can remember my younger siblings bringing home a Flat Stanley and mailing him off to different states as pan pals. The second thing I liked about the book was how although it was a chapter book, it still had illustrations on many of the pages. The illustrations show Stanley as flat and could be funny for children when they see what it looks like to be like that and mailed in an envelope. I think that the big idea of the story is that although it may be fun to be someone else for a few days, it is always important to love who you are and your personal qualities.

    Book preview

    Flat Stanley - Jeff Brown

    FLAT STANLEY

    His Original Adventure!

    by Jeff Brown

    Pictures by Macky Pamintuan

    For J.C. and Tony

    —J.B.

    CONTENTS

    1. The Big Bulletin Board

    2. Being Flat

    3. Stanley the Kite

    4. The Museum Thieves

    5. Arthur’s Good Idea

    About the Author

    Copyright

    About the Publisher

    1

    The Big Bulletin Board

    Breakfast was ready.

    I will go wake the boys, Mrs. Lambchop said to her husband, George Lambchop. Just then their younger son, Arthur, called from the bedroom he shared with his brother, Stanley.

    Hey! Come and look! Hey!

    Mr. and Mrs. Lambchop were both very much in favor of politeness and careful speech. Hay is for horses, Arthur, not people, Mr. Lambchop said as they entered the bedroom. Try to remember that.

    Excuse me, Arthur said. But look!

    He pointed to Stanley’s bed. Across it lay the enormous bulletin board that Mr. Lambchop had given the boys a Christmas ago so that they could pin up pictures and messages and maps. It had fallen, during the night, on top of Stanley.

    But Stanley was not hurt. In fact, he would still have been sleeping if he had not been woken by his brother’s shout.

    What’s going on here? he called out cheerfully from beneath the enormous board.

    Mr. and Mrs. Lambchop hurried to lift it from the bed.

    Heavens! said Mrs. Lambchop.

    Gosh! said Arthur. Stanley’s flat!

    As a pancake, said Mr. Lambchop. Darndest thing I’ve ever seen.

    "Let’s all

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