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Stanley in Space (Flat Stanley #3)

Jeff Brown,

Scott Nash (Illustrator)

3.84 · Rating details · 1,150 Ratings · 58 Reviews

A Far-out adventure!

The President of the United States has chosen Stanley Lambchop and his family to become the first humans to fly in the Star Scout, a new top-secret spaceship.

Stanley's most exciting adventure is about to begin. He'll meet the Queen of England, have a birthday party in outer space, and save a whole planet of aliens from danger. Oh, that Stanley!

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Paperback, 128 pages

Published August 11th 2009 by HarperCollins (first published January 1st 1990)

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Jan 13, 2013 Arwen rated it did not like it

Talk about milking an idea too far. Flat Stanley is a truly fun book for kids. Stanley Flat Again is also pretty good. This one is just ridiculous, and takes the suspension of disbelief too far.

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Dec 02, 2015 Ashley Polansky added it

Title: Stanley in Space
Author: Jeff Brown
Illustrator: Scott Nash
Genre: Science Fiction
Theme(s): Space, family, adventure, savior, teamwork
Opening line/sentence: It was Saturday morning, and Mr. and Mrs. Lambchop were putting up wallpaper in the kitchen.
Brief Book Summary: The President of the United States calls upon Stanley Lambchop to help represent the Earth in a mission to save the Tyrrans before they become extinct. He is going to be the first human to fly in the Star Scout (top secret spa ...more

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Jun 26, 2008 Adam rated it really liked it

I liked the part about a planet that was really different from earth.

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May 27, 2008 Amber rated it it was ok

Shelves: young-readers

Not as good as the 1st book but a good story.

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Dec 04, 2017 Alireza Emami rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: رمان-کودک, گروه-سنی-ب, گروه-سنی-ج, نویسنده-خارجی

قشنگ بود
منم دوست دارم برم فضا
بعد از خوندنش به مامان گفتم من که کوچولوهستم تی رایی هستم و شما غولین

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Sep 21, 2017 Hannah Russell rated it liked it

Shelves: children-s-literature

A cute little story, but I didn't appreciate the dig against scientists and GMOs.

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Feb 16, 2017 Katie rated it it was ok

Shelves: intermediate-chapter-2nd-4th-grade, read-alouds

Silly without much actual effort from the titular Stanley.

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Feb 12, 2008 Sarah Sammis rated it liked it

Shelves: released

I first ran into Stanley Lambchop through the "Flat Stanley Project" when Sean and I participated in a Flat Stanley in 2005. Stanley Lambchop, though is a character from a number of books by Jeff Brown, the first being Flat Stanley (1964).

Stanley in Space is one of the last books in the series and was published the year Jeff Brown died (2003). In it, Stanley and his family (for reasons unknown to me) are requested to fly into space to visit a distant planet that the United States and Britain ha ...more

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Apr 22, 2012 Ensiform rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, kidfic

The Lambchops are contacted by the President, who confides to them that the Earth has been contacted by an alien planet, Tyrra, and that the USA plans to send a normal American family on a mission of peace. When they arrive, the Lambchops find they have been borough to Tyrra under false pretenses, but decide to help the Tyrrans, who are not bad at heart, and only a few inches tall.

I read this to my kindergarten class, and found it even rougher going than the previous book, as Brown’s style of di ...more

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Sep 13, 2011 Asield014 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1st-trimester

Well, I thought this book was a good book to read and that it was also an interesting book to read. I liked this book because I enjoy reading this type of book series and their's more than 1 book to read. I also like this book because since I have read this book more than once so I have connections and more thoughts about the book the more times I read it. So this Is why I like this book.
When I read this book It makes me feel like I can read even more. I gave this book 5 stars because when I rea ...more

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Jan 18, 2014 Richard rated it it was ok

Shelves: children-ya, science-fiction

I am all for children's stories bending the laws of physics and ignoring certain rules of logic in order to tell the story, but the amount of silliness and lack of logic here just annoyed me. It is difficult to say why i breeze through a dozen volumes of astrosaurs, completely ignoring the impossibility of a stegosaurus being the captain of a spaceship, when the mention of what the crew in 'Stanley' had to get rid of and to what degree, in order to get the Tyrrans into their spaceship, totally a ...more

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Mar 12, 2011 Kati rated it it was amazing

Shelves: juvenile

Another great story about Stanley Lambchop (aka Flat Stanley, although he's not flat in this adventure)and his family. This one has the Lambchop family going to space on a mission for the President. When they arrive at the planet of Tyrra, they find the residents there were not really being friendly when they sent their message. Stanley and his family are almost captured by the Tyrrans, until they realize they are only three inches tall. After becoming friends with the Tyrran people the Lambchop ...more

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Jun 16, 2014 Krista rated it really liked it

Shelves: childrens, my-kids-favorites

Stanley in Space is a really cute adventure of Flat Stanley as his family and him travel in space to a planet that has sent a message to Earth! My children love these adventures this is the 3rd book with Flat Stanley we have read. On this adventure he teaches everyone that it is better to be helpful and kind than take things from people.

Stanley's family gets to know the Tyrran's which are tiny people on a different planet in need of help so Stanley's family has to find a way to help!

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Sep 18, 2010 Angela Randall marked it as to-read

Shelves: 1960-1969, 20th-century, kids, kids-5plus, kids-8plus, fantasy, fiction, we-own

We own this as part of an omnibus: Flat Stanley: Three Books in One - Flat Stanley; Stanley in Space; Stanley, Flat Again

Flat Stanley Three Books in One - Flat Stanley; Stanley in Space; Stanley, Flat Again by Jeff Brown

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Sep 15, 2013 Danny rated it it was amazing

Shelves: immersion-reading

Stanly isn't ordinary boy. Not ordinary things happen to him. He got flat, he got invisible, stuff like that.
This time, the president of United State of America choose stanly's family to ride on space ship 'Star Scout'.
So they went and they land on Tyrran's planet and Tyrrans told their planet became toxic because of wrong science experience. So Tyrrans moved to earth.(Because they were very small and all of their weight was just enough to ride 'Star Scout.)

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Nov 10, 2010 Nicole rated it it was ok

Recommends it for: Flat Stanley fans

I wasn't very impressed with this book, but my son seemed to like it. It's an extremely cheesy, far-fetched adventure where the President of the United States calls up the Lampchops and recruits them for a mission to save a planet in space called Tyrra. I did think the naming of all the people on Tyrra was clever (Ap, Ik, Ot, etc.). Again, not one I would recommend, but my son liked it.

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Jan 11, 2011 Tommy rated it it was amazing

Stanley in space is about this family that goes in space. The family goes to the plantet tryra. The starts counting 10 said the control.They press the start buttion 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 blast off.Then they were in space and stanley wonders if the tryra people were nice. you will find out the rest when read the book

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Dec 02, 2009 Fix Relaxed rated it it was amazing

This book is about a normal familiy but not stanley he was flat one day because of a big bulliten board fell on him while he was sleeping.... and now he gets to go on a space ship called star scout to another planet called Tyrra and when they get there there little people of 3 inches tall... im gonna stop not to ruin the book fo u guys

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Feb 12, 2010 Dree rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2010-reads-childrens, children-s, library-books-2010

I don't get why Stanley is so popular. This one is even worse. It seems very forced and has many inconsistencies. My 7yo kept walking away, though he did enjoy the pictures of the Tyrrans. And started begging to go to Legoland to see Miniland, again.

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Aug 07, 2016 Child960801 rated it really liked it

Shelves: novels

This one got lost in the couch for a while as well so took some time to finish. Stanley and his family are called by the President of the United States and sent on a mission to a planet where they meet and help the small inhabitants.

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May 10, 2012 Amy rated it liked it

Shelves: chapter-books-with-bea

Bea says she enjoyed this book - and certainly it held her attention. It isn't at all scientific/realistic about space exploration, if that matters to you. See review of "Flat Stanley" for my take on this.

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Dec 07, 2010 Randy rated it really liked it

I gave this book a 4 becuse in some ports it dint sae how they fiks the rockit.
My favert port was wene they were still in the rokit and the dad's pants fall
and the parsnt was lafing at hem so date was my favert port of the book.

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Jan 30, 2010 soldier rated it it was amazing

In this book a boy named Stanley Lambchop has a chance to go to space with his familly.When they get there first the space people treated them bad then they started to be friends and they show Stanley and his familly their world.

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Aug 15, 2013 Claire rated it really liked it

My Son loves the Stanley stories and this one was no exception. Obviously not accurate about space travel, it's all a bit of fun. That's all that's important when you're 5 :)

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Aug 16, 2015 Chelsie Erin rated it really liked it

Cute story! Ridiculous of course but it is a children's book and therefore fully exceptable and fun.

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Nov 15, 2013 Sydney rated it it was amazing

the president heard up stanley's invisibility. she asks stanley to go to this planet where they meet tiny people.

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Mar 06, 2015 Christina McKnight rated it it was amazing

Kids book...funny story :)

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Jul 12, 2014 Tara rated it it was amazing

My boys loved this story. It kept their attention and they're only 2 and 4. Now you know it's a good story when toddlers will sit and listen.

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May 08, 2014 Samantha rated it liked it

lol

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Oct 13, 2008 emily rated it really liked it

SO OLD

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About Jeff Brown

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Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

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, F Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

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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