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The Boy with the Lampshade on His Head
Stanley Krakow is amazing.
He's the world-record holder for Rock Kicking and Holding His Breath. He's a superhero in his spare time, rescuing his camp cabin mates from Volkswagen-size flying insects. Stanley's amazing all right...when no one can see or hear him....
The real Stanley is painfully shy; too shy to even speak out loud in class, much less kick a rock when he thinks someone might be watching. He worries about, well, everything, including how to save his prized glow-in-the-dark fish when his brother puts a river trout into the fish tank, whether stinky socks really do protect you from monster attacks (in which case he needs to start spending all sleeping hours in the laundry basket), and, most importantly, how he can get out of reading-aloud period in school. All in all, Stanley far prefers to live in his head.
That all changes when he meets Theresa, a new friend who has a terrible, real, problem, and needs Stanley to become the hero he's always pretending to be.
Meet the amazing Stanley Krakow...a most unlikely hero.
He's the world-record holder for Rock Kicking and Holding His Breath. He's a superhero in his spare time, rescuing his camp cabin mates from Volkswagen-size flying insects. Stanley's amazing all right...when no one can see or hear him....
The real Stanley is painfully shy; too shy to even speak out loud in class, much less kick a rock when he thinks someone might be watching. He worries about, well, everything, including how to save his prized glow-in-the-dark fish when his brother puts a river trout into the fish tank, whether stinky socks really do protect you from monster attacks (in which case he needs to start spending all sleeping hours in the laundry basket), and, most importantly, how he can get out of reading-aloud period in school. All in all, Stanley far prefers to live in his head.
That all changes when he meets Theresa, a new friend who has a terrible, real, problem, and needs Stanley to become the hero he's always pretending to be.
Meet the amazing Stanley Krakow...a most unlikely hero.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published May 4, 2004
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December 6, 2017
i like this book because it about a boy who want to set most of all world records. i like that he sets high goals for himself but he does kind-on set his goals to to high.i like how every day he goes in his room and checked on his fish, and he thought it was dead and he was going to get a new fish but it was not dead
January 27, 2018
Shy Stanley, 11 years old, is super smart but can not get a word out in class. That is...until he makes a friend, Theresa!!!!!
May 22, 2008
An amazing book about friendship and courage.
July 7, 2008
BOOKTALK: Stanley Krakow is amazing. He
February 27, 2009
I love his book so far!
May 23, 2012
Suprisingly a good read.:)
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March 4, 2013
Glad to see Stanley finally come into his own! Very realistic situations and characters in this book made it enjoyable to read.
September 18, 2013
It was interesting to read a book from this viewpoint.
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