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Jeff Brown

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born

January 01, 1926 in New York, NY, The United States

died

December 03, 2003

gender

male

website

http://www.flatstanleybooks.com

genre

Children's Books, Short Stories

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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 Actor...more 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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Average rating: 3.76 · 5,118 ratings · 459 reviews · 40 distinct works

	Flat Stanley (Flat Stanley, #1) by Jeff Brown, Scott Nash, Macky Pamintuan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 3.75 avg rating — 2,884 ratings — published 1964 — 28 editions	My rating:
	Stanley, Flat Again! (Flat Stanley, #6) by Jeff Brown, Macky Pamintuan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Invisible Stanley (Flat Stanley, #4) by Jeff Brown, Macky Pamintuan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 3.86 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Stanley and the Magic Lamp (Flat Stanley, #2) by Jeff Brown, Scott Nash (Illustrator), Macky Pamintuan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 1983 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Stanley in Space (Flat Stanley, #3) by Jeff Brown, Scott Nash (Illustrator), Macky Pamintuan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 288 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Stanley's Christmas Adventure (Flat Stanley, #5) by Jeff Brown, Scott Nash (Illustrator), Macky Pamintuan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 3.80 avg rating — 207 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Flat Stanley Collection: Stanley, Flat Again!/Invisible Stanley/Stanley in Space/Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown, Scott Nash (Illustrator) 3.70 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #6: The African Safari Discovery by Jeff Brown, Macky Pamintuan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Flat Stanley and the Haunted House by Jeff Brown, Lori Haskins Houran, Macky Pamintuan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.13 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Flat Stanley and Stanley, Flat Again! Two Pack by Jeff Brown (Author), Scott Nash (Illustrator) 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Flat Stanley (6 books)
by Jeff Brown, Macky Pamintuan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

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Quotes by Jeff Brown

“People should think twice before making rude remarks," said Mrs. Lambchop. "And then not make them at all.”
― Jeff Brown, Flat Stanley

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“. . . Mrs. Lambchop sighed and shook her head. "You're at the office all day, having fun," she said. "You don't realize what I go through with the boys. They're very difficult."
Kids are like that," Mr. Lambchop said. "Phases. Be patient, dear.”
― Jeff Brown, Flat Stanley

tags: humor , kids , parenting

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