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Flat Stanley
The Flat Stanley Collection
The magical and brilliantly funny adventures of everyone’s favourite flat boy – Flat Stanley. With wonderful new illustrations by award-winning illustrator Rob Biddulph. Flat Stanley is back in one big collection. Join Stanley as he travels to space, meets a real genie, and goes to visit Father Christmas in Flat Stanley, Invisible Stanley, Stanley in Space, Stanley and the Magic Lamp, Stanley's Christmas Adventure and Stanley, Flat Again . With Rob Biddulph's heart-warming and fun illustrations, revisit Stanley's adventures to find out how heroes come in all shapes and sizes!
Rob Biddulph won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Blown Away and was nominated for the Kate Greenaway medal for GRRRRR! His third book, Odd Dog Out , published in August 2016 and a fourth, Sunk! published in March 2017. 'The pictures are classic Rob Biddulph – outwardly simple but filled with detail that will keep young and old eyes absorbed for hours' - The Book Bag
Rob Biddulph won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Blown Away and was nominated for the Kate Greenaway medal for GRRRRR! His third book, Odd Dog Out , published in August 2016 and a fourth, Sunk! published in March 2017. 'The pictures are classic Rob Biddulph – outwardly simple but filled with detail that will keep young and old eyes absorbed for hours' - The Book Bag
528 pages, Paperback
First published July 31, 2012
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Jeff Brown
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Jeff Brown had worked in Hollywood and as an editor and writer in New York before creating Flat Stanley, a hero for the youngest readers whose adventures, with illustrations by Tomi Ungerer, were first published in 1964. Flat Stanley became the star of a series of perpetually popular books. The last, "Stanley, Flat Again!," was published the year he died. All together, Stanley's tales have sold nearly a million copies in the United States alone. The character's life extended further, as schoolchildren mailed cut-outs of him to their friends. In translation, he traveled to France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and Israel, among other places.
Jeff Brown was born Richard Chester Brown. Originally a child actor, he became Jeff Brown because Actors Equity already had a Richard Brown as a member. A graduate of the Professional Children's School, he provided a child's voice in a radio drama and appeared onstage.
In Hollywood he worked for the producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and was a story consultant at Paramount. Preferring to write himself, he sold fiction and articles to national magazines while working at The New Yorker, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Esquire and finally at Warner Books, where he was a senior editor until 1980. The idea for Stanley came to him one night at bedtime when his sons J. C. and Tony were young and stalling for time. One asked what would happen if the big bulletin board on the wall were to fall on J. C., and Mr. Brown said he would most likely wake up flat. That led to speculation about what such a life might be like. After writing "Flat Stanley, " Mr. Brown went on to "Stanley and the Magic Lamp," "Stanley in Space," "Stanley's Christmas Adventure," "Invisible Stanley" and finally "Stanley, Flat Again!"
The Flat Stanley Project was started in 1995 by Dale Hubert, a third grade schoolteacher in London, Ontario, Canada. It is meant to facilitate letter-writing by schoolchildren to each other as they document where Flat Stanley has gone with them. The Project provides an opportunity for students to make connections with students of other member schools who've signed up with the project. Students begin by reading the book and becoming acquainted with the story. Then they make paper "Flat Stanleys" (or pictures of the Stanley Lambchop character) and keep a journal for a few days, documenting the places and activities in which Flat Stanley is involved. The Flat Stanley and the journal are mailed to other people who are asked to treat the figure as a visiting guest and add to his journal, then return them both after a period of time. In 2005, more than 6,500 classes from 48 countries took part in the Flat Stanley Project.
Jeff Brown had worked in Hollywood and as an editor and writer in New York before creating Flat Stanley, a hero for the youngest readers whose adventures, with illustrations by Tomi Ungerer, were first published in 1964. Flat Stanley became the star of a series of perpetually popular books. The last, "Stanley, Flat Again!," was published the year he died. All together, Stanley's tales have sold nearly a million copies in the United States alone. The character's life extended further, as schoolchildren mailed cut-outs of him to their friends. In translation, he traveled to France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and Israel, among other places.
Jeff Brown was born Richard Chester Brown. Originally a child actor, he became Jeff Brown because Actors Equity already had a Richard Brown as a member. A graduate of the Professional Children's School, he provided a child's voice in a radio drama and appeared onstage.
In Hollywood he worked for the producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and was a story consultant at Paramount. Preferring to write himself, he sold fiction and articles to national magazines while working at The New Yorker, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Esquire and finally at Warner Books, where he was a senior editor until 1980. The idea for Stanley came to him one night at bedtime when his sons J. C. and Tony were young and stalling for time. One asked what would happen if the big bulletin board on the wall were to fall on J. C., and Mr. Brown said he would most likely wake up flat. That led to speculation about what such a life might be like. After writing "Flat Stanley, " Mr. Brown went on to "Stanley and the Magic Lamp," "Stanley in Space," "Stanley's Christmas Adventure," "Invisible Stanley" and finally "Stanley, Flat Again!"
The Flat Stanley Project was started in 1995 by Dale Hubert, a third grade schoolteacher in London, Ontario, Canada. It is meant to facilitate letter-writing by schoolchildren to each other as they document where Flat Stanley has gone with them. The Project provides an opportunity for students to make connections with students of other member schools who've signed up with the project. Students begin by reading the book and becoming acquainted with the story. Then they make paper "Flat Stanleys" (or pictures of the Stanley Lambchop character) and keep a journal for a few days, documenting the places and activities in which Flat Stanley is involved. The Flat Stanley and the journal are mailed to other people who are asked to treat the figure as a visiting guest and add to his journal, then return them both after a period of time. In 2005, more than 6,500 classes from 48 countries took part in the Flat Stanley Project.
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July 31, 2018
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I finished reading this book in less than three hours. As an adult who reads this book, I feel this book is worth for reading and I enjoyed reading it. This book will be good for teaching the kids on how to love and care your siblings' feelings. Also, instead of feeling sad with what others think about our differences, we should learn to accept and think our differences as a gift.
I finished reading this book in less than three hours. As an adult who reads this book, I feel this book is worth for reading and I enjoyed reading it. This book will be good for teaching the kids on how to love and care your siblings' feelings. Also, instead of feeling sad with what others think about our differences, we should learn to accept and think our differences as a gift.
September 19, 2024
Flat Stanley of the Flat Stanley Project…
“Stanley? Try to stay, you know, regular for a while.”
This four pack offers a variety of adventures for Stanley Lambchop and his family.
Cute little stories with subtle lessons about jealousy, working together, asking for help and so much more, Stanley and his family have a lot of fun in these wholesome tales.
“Stanley? Try to stay, you know, regular for a while.”
This four pack offers a variety of adventures for Stanley Lambchop and his family.
Cute little stories with subtle lessons about jealousy, working together, asking for help and so much more, Stanley and his family have a lot of fun in these wholesome tales.
April 26, 2019
These Flat Stanley books were very entertaining to read with my 4 year old son. They present things to question, problems to solve, and things to imagine. My son felt accomplished in completing these chapter books. Fun books!
March 3, 2014
Silly fun. Themes of helping others, being kind, treating others how you want to be treated and sibling rivalry. Not the best kid's book we've ever read but positive stories and good for early readers.
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