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Flat Stanley (Flat Stanley #1)
by
Jeff Brown,
Scott Nash, Macky Pamintuan (Goodreads Author)
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!
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!
Paperback, 112 pages
Published
February 18th 2003
by HarperCollins
(first published 1964)
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I just happened to see this because of Goodreads; I’d never heard of it before. I’m glad that the library gave me the edition they did.
This is a hoot. This is quirky, offbeat, clever, creative, and seemingly unique. I just loved it. And it’s another great museum story and sibling story too.
The illustrations fit the story wonderfully.
This has a much longer (text) story than the average picture book.
This is a hoot. This is quirky, offbeat, clever, creative, and seemingly unique. I just loved it. And it’s another great museum story and sibling story too.
The illustrations fit the story wonderfully.
This has a much longer (text) story than the average picture book.
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Flat Stanley has seen a resurgence of popularity as schools are using one of the initial stories of Stanley Lambchop being mailed to another location for a visit to family friends as a fun, creative associated activity to connect students to the story. Nash’s updated illustrations on nearly every page bring out the imaginative qualities and opportunities the original premise of these stories has to offer young readers.
This first book of the Flat Stanley series describes how Stanley became flatte...more
This first book of the Flat Stanley series describes how Stanley became flatte...more
I'm not sure what it was that attracted me to Flat Stanley, but I'm pretty sure I either read the series as a child, or they were recreated on TV at some point. Anyway, I found myself reading this book and really enjoyed it.
The book was first published in the 1960s and I love that the language and dialogue, as well of the morals of the time are so clearly represented in the book, and so different to today's. I'm sure children would find the way that Stanley and his brother Arthur talk to their p...more
The book was first published in the 1960s and I love that the language and dialogue, as well of the morals of the time are so clearly represented in the book, and so different to today's. I'm sure children would find the way that Stanley and his brother Arthur talk to their p...more
Flat Stanley is a beginning chapter book for children. In this story, Stanley is a normal kid. One day, a bulletin board falls on him and squishes him flat. In his new flat state, he is able to do many things normal kids wouldn’t be able to do. He can slip under doors and be flown like a kite. At one point he is even mailed off to a friend.
One activity I remember doing with this book is being able to create our own Flat Stanley character. We then had to mail it off to someone in another state....more
One activity I remember doing with this book is being able to create our own Flat Stanley character. We then had to mail it off to someone in another state....more
Flat Stanley is a classic, yet quirky children's book and one of my personal childhood favourites.
Stanley is a normal boy until one morning he wakes to find his notice board has fallen on him and he is now as flat as a pancake. As it turns out, things are not as bad as he first thought. So follows an entertaining and humorous adventure where he finds he is able to slide under doors, be sent on holiday through the post and even fly like a kite. However, his greatest moment comes when he manages t...more
Stanley is a normal boy until one morning he wakes to find his notice board has fallen on him and he is now as flat as a pancake. As it turns out, things are not as bad as he first thought. So follows an entertaining and humorous adventure where he finds he is able to slide under doors, be sent on holiday through the post and even fly like a kite. However, his greatest moment comes when he manages t...more
One night while he is sleeping Stanley gets flattened by a falling bulletin board. He suffers no ill effects from the accident apart from now only being half an inch thick. His unique new physique enables him to embark on a series of adventures before his younger brother puts him back to normal with the aid of a bicycle pump. The story is told with a very dry sense of humour, the parents in particular get some great lines and has evocative black and white illustrations. It was a very enjoyable r...more
This is a story of a little boy who woke up one day and was flat. He goes through many adventures in this chapter book, with an adventure every chapter. In the first chapter, was when he became flat. One morning Stanley woke up, he had a bulletin board fall on him in the middle of the night and it caused him to become flat. The next chapter, Being Flat, Stanley is adjusting to being so flat and he was really enjoying it. He was able to be helpful even though he was flat. He helped his mother get...more
Episodic and ultimately forgettable little children's confection. Because I live under a rock, I was not aware this was as old as it is - originally published in 1964! - so I found the early 60s-era drawing style and weird historical tics in the writing affected. For example, the parents are referred to as Mr. and Mrs. Lambchop throughout the book, which struck me as odd and distant. What's wrong with Mom and Dad? But then, whoops! It's not affected, it's just the way things were written then.
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Stanley is an ordinary boy whose life changes when a large bulletin board falls on him during the night, flattening him to a thickness of a half-inch. His new shape enables him to do many fantastic things: travel to California via airmail, slip underneath doors, fly like a kite, and finally pose as a painting to capture a pair of art thieves in the local museum. Throughout the story, Stanley's brother Arthur struggles with envy. In a touching conclusion, when Stanley begins to be mocked by the o...more
This book is about a kid name stanley hes the main charecter. In the night stanley was in bed there was a bulletin board in top of him because it fell on him.the next day her mom,s ring fell to the grating and stanley got it.they went to the park and was a kite.In the news that the robers robed a painting from the museuM so stanley in the night was one of the painting then the robres came then stanley scaered the robers and ran away then guy gave him a metal thing.Hes brother got bicicle pump a...more
Apr 22, 2012
Dolly
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We recently read the original Flat Stanley story, written in 1964. I thought it was an interesting story and was far more detailed and complex than I expected.
Our youngest discovered this version of the book at our local library and chose it to read aloud to the therapy dog who was visiting. After, we sat down and read it together and talked about the differences between this picture book version and the chapter book that we'd read.
This was certainly a more condensed story and is likely more a...more
Our youngest discovered this version of the book at our local library and chose it to read aloud to the therapy dog who was visiting. After, we sat down and read it together and talked about the differences between this picture book version and the chapter book that we'd read.
This was certainly a more condensed story and is likely more a...more
Summary:
Who knew that having a bulletin board fall on you could change your whole life? For Stanley Lambchop, this incident took him from a normal sized boy to being just an half an inch thick! Stanley being so small allows for unimaginable things to happen. When you're that small you can slide under doors, be rolled up, sent across the country via envelope, be a kite (rather than fly a kite), and even help catch thieves. Stanley takes on many tasks and adventures when he's only an half an inch...more
Who knew that having a bulletin board fall on you could change your whole life? For Stanley Lambchop, this incident took him from a normal sized boy to being just an half an inch thick! Stanley being so small allows for unimaginable things to happen. When you're that small you can slide under doors, be rolled up, sent across the country via envelope, be a kite (rather than fly a kite), and even help catch thieves. Stanley takes on many tasks and adventures when he's only an half an inch...more
What a weird concept. But my six year old son seemed to like it.
Stanley becomes flat when a bulletin board falls on him (defying the laws of science.) He has several adventures--searching for a missing ring in a grate, flying as a kite, capturing art thieves as a painting.
But at then end he is tired of being made fun of for being flat. His mom tells him it is not right to dislike someone for their shape or religion or skin color. I thought that part of the book was ahead of its time, since it w...more
Stanley becomes flat when a bulletin board falls on him (defying the laws of science.) He has several adventures--searching for a missing ring in a grate, flying as a kite, capturing art thieves as a painting.
But at then end he is tired of being made fun of for being flat. His mom tells him it is not right to dislike someone for their shape or religion or skin color. I thought that part of the book was ahead of its time, since it w...more
I found the premis of this book really creepy. I read it to my second graders and apparently they too find it creepy. It's rather odd that Stanley is flat but random characters in the story never acknowledge that he is. There are also moments in the story where the author is eluding to rather adult topics and conversations. For example (no spoiler) sometimes the mom and the dad will say things to one another (quick little arguments and nothing sexual) but the things they say and the way the narr...more
THIS is an absolutely fantastic book, especially for boys (but could be wonderful for girls or to read as a class together) between the ages of approximately 1st-4th grade. It's probably a reading level a little too easy for most 4th graders, but they would still appreciate the story. I read this book out loud to a 5 year old and 7 year old (brothers) who I babysit (and used to nanny) fairly regularly. I don't read incredibly fast, but I read this book in about 45 minutes out loud to these guys....more
Meet Stanley Lambchop. He's an ordinary boy, four feet tall, about a foot wide and oh yeah only half an inch thick. Stanley has fun with being flat at first. He can slide under doors and go through the mail to visit friends in California, but he soon learns it's not easy being different.
The library PR staff was inspired by Flat Stanley to get Flat Dewey's that our patrons could check out. Our mascot is Dewey the library dog and now besides his personal appearances we have a four foot tall flat...more
The library PR staff was inspired by Flat Stanley to get Flat Dewey's that our patrons could check out. Our mascot is Dewey the library dog and now besides his personal appearances we have a four foot tall flat...more
This was a fun book to read and it was nice to connect it with all the "Flat Stanley" teacher projects I have participated in! I had never read the whole original story of Flat Stanley so read this with my kids and I must say his story is unique and interesting if a bit disturbing. But, I really appreciated the theme of acceptance. How we have to accept things they way they are and not try to change things because we think that is what we would like better. (When Stanley is flat and Arthur is je...more
Brown, Jeff. (2006). Flat Stanley. New York: Harper Collins.
Categories: modern fantasy, picture storybook, humorous books
A bulletin board that hangs over his head falls on Stanley Lambchop one night and makes him flat as a pancake. He finds out there are good things and bad things about being flat. He can be mailed to visit a friend in California, fly up in the air like a kite, and help the local museum catch the art thieves. In the end, Arthur helps him get back to his 3-dimensional self. The f...more
Categories: modern fantasy, picture storybook, humorous books
A bulletin board that hangs over his head falls on Stanley Lambchop one night and makes him flat as a pancake. He finds out there are good things and bad things about being flat. He can be mailed to visit a friend in California, fly up in the air like a kite, and help the local museum catch the art thieves. In the end, Arthur helps him get back to his 3-dimensional self. The f...more
Flat Stanley is the first book in a series of chapter books. I read this story over a span of three days to my third grades with a different activity each day and they really enjoyed it. The story is fun and silly yet allows for so many opportunities for instruction, in the story, Flat Stanley's parents mail him to California because the plane tickets are so expensive. I tied this into geography, connections to airplanes, then did a fun activity where the student drew Flat Stanley with a sentenc...more
I LOVE THIS BOOK and all of the other books in the Flat Stanley series. This is a great introduction to a Traveling Ambassador type of project to do within your classroom. You can do this and send one flat stanley to other parts of the world to study geography... or other states to study about different places in the US.. Another fun way to do this is in the beginning of the school year to build community by sending home the Class' Flat Stanley to each student's home to learn about their family...more
The illustrations in this story really relate the story without even reading the words. The illustrations set the characters moods and reactions to things that are happening. The particular book also has a few pages with borders. The borders narrow in the readers eye to that particular part of the page so that the reader isn’t left look throughout the whole picture—rather just the most important part. Another way borders are used is to portray pictures that were taken during Stanley’s trip to Ca...more
Okay, really.... Stanley goes to bed one night. A bulletin board falls on him. Now he's all flat. This wasn't the very best book. For starters, it definitely seems dated to me. There were words and phrases in there that I, as a seven-year-old in the twenty-first century, didn't understand. And I love twists in books, but.... a bulletin board! That's totally crazy to me! The author might as well have flattened the kid with an anvil.
That said, I do remember my class doing that Stanley project, whe...more
That said, I do remember my class doing that Stanley project, whe...more
I read this classic picture book after seeing the play so I could figure out how accurate the play was. It's a wonderfully imaginative fantasy about a boy whose bulletin board falls on him during the night and flattens him enough that he can fit into a large envelope and travel through the mail. So first he goes to visit a friend who moved away and then goes to NY (although in the play it was France)to help solve a robbery at the art museum. Then he decides he just wants to go home and be normal...more
The classic, old story of Flat Stanley: a school project cherished for years by an excellent, cool book.
Stanley got flattened by a bulletin board one night and became very flat: it's actually not that bad as it seems, as Stanley can still do a lot of fun stuff when flat, like being a kite or helping a police investigation: however, his difference makes him upset as the story goes on.
This book is amazing for younger kids, and it tells a good story with good illustrations by good author Jeff Brown...more
Stanley got flattened by a bulletin board one night and became very flat: it's actually not that bad as it seems, as Stanley can still do a lot of fun stuff when flat, like being a kite or helping a police investigation: however, his difference makes him upset as the story goes on.
This book is amazing for younger kids, and it tells a good story with good illustrations by good author Jeff Brown...more
Stanley wakes up one morning and realizes that he is flat but being flat can be fun. Stanley is able to move around a lot easier than everyone else. One day Stanley catches two theives and becomes a hero. The students in Stanley's class begin to make fun of him for being different than everyone else. I would use this book to discuss about being different and it being okay. I would also use Flat stanley as a project for the children. I would provide a flat stanley and allow children to take turns...more
Picture Book Edition: The whole idea of how Stanley becomes flat is kind of disturbing. It is a neat idea, but I felt really bad for him. Can you imagine being mailed somewhere and being left in a corner mailbox awaiting pickup? The illustrations were marvelous.
Original Edition: I am like the original version better. It explains some of the things I had problems believing in the newer/shorter version. The wording that is in the picture book version are just exact snippets of this version. Howeve...more
Original Edition: I am like the original version better. It explains some of the things I had problems believing in the newer/shorter version. The wording that is in the picture book version are just exact snippets of this version. Howeve...more
In the third my teacher this book and it was really funny, all my classmate we were having fun with this book and we enjoyed reading this book. Its was funny because this thing want on top of him all of a sudden he turns flat. How funny and wierd is that. When his little brother came in his brother mouth dropped... he was really kindda upset because he tries to be flat like stanly, but he couldnt. Stanly Parents were proud him because stanly solved a robbing scene so caught the bad guy, he solve...more
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Jan 06, 2013
Lindsay
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Flat Stanley is about a boy who is flat (a bulletin board falls on top of him during the night) and has wacky adventures, like getting mailed to his friend's house.
I read the original Flat Stanley (1964) story illustrated by Tomi Ungerer (the illustrator of Crictor) after a customer asked me if we had the Flat Stanley books. I had never heard of them before, but they are re-gaining popularity and with good reason. For those children who are not quite ready to read lengthy chapter books, it's a...more
I read the original Flat Stanley (1964) story illustrated by Tomi Ungerer (the illustrator of Crictor) after a customer asked me if we had the Flat Stanley books. I had never heard of them before, but they are re-gaining popularity and with good reason. For those children who are not quite ready to read lengthy chapter books, it's a...more
Flat Stanley isn't exactly a modern classic for nothing. A well-developed story about what happens when Stanley is smooshed by a falling bulletin board in his sleep. The newly Flat Stanley has many adventures, but (spoiler alert!) is eventually returned to his normal state. Cute twists abound in this book!
The art is bright, colorful, and cartoon-y. Kids will enjoy the sight gags of Stanley slipping under a door or being used as a surfboard.
This book is filled with text, so it's not a candidate f...more
The art is bright, colorful, and cartoon-y. Kids will enjoy the sight gags of Stanley slipping under a door or being used as a surfboard.
This book is filled with text, so it's not a candidate f...more
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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 ne...more
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“People should think twice before making rude remarks," said Mrs. Lambchop. "And then not make them at all.”
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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.”
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Kids are like that," Mr. Lambchop said. "Phases. Be patient, dear.”
