Flat Stanley (picture book edition)
by Jeff Brown
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Author: Jeff BrownIllustrator: Scott Nash
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-22
ISBN: 0061129046
Number of pages: 40
Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Reviews of Flat Stanley (picture book edition)
Book Review: A Well-Rounded Adventure
Summary: 5 Stars
Stanley has been squashed flat by his bulletin board! Now that's he's only a half-inch thick, he can slide under doors, get mailed in extra large envelopes, and be flown like a kite. When The Famous Museum of Art needs a special favor, Stanley is ready to help.
This special picture-book edition brings Jeff Brown's classic story to a younger audience. Illustrator Scott Nash fills the pages with whimsical art that children will enjoy. Adapted from the chapter-book version, some of the verse is a bit long for small children with shorter attention spans.
As with the best children's literature, there are lessons embedded within the story. With direction from parents/teachers, kids will learn that: every situation has the potential to create new opportunities; teasing hurts; it's good to be yourself.
Overall, it is a fun story to share with the little ones and early elementary students. Pull up a lap and snuggle in for a well-rounded story.
Reviewed by Christina Wantz Fixemer
8/7/2006
Summary of Flat Stanley (picture book edition)
Meet Stanley Lambchop.
He's an ordinary boy with an extraordinary problem.
He's four feet tall, about a foot wide . . . oh, and half an inch thick.
At first being flat is fine.
It's fun going in and out of rooms simply by sliding under the door.
And it's exciting being mailed to your friends in California for a visit.
But it's not always easy being different, and soon Stanley wishes he could be just like everybody else.
Will he ever be normal again?
Poor Stanley. He's a perfectly normal boy until one morning he wakes up flat. After his parents peel the incriminating bulletin board off of him, Stanley must adjust to life as a pancake. He is a boy who takes this kind of thing in stride, though, and soon he's enjoying the advantages of squashedness. Sliding under closed doors is fun, and it's gratifying to be of use to his mother when she drops her ring through a narrow metal grating. Expensive plane fare to California? No problem. Svelte Stanley folds comfortably into a brown paper envelope. There's even room left over in there for an egg-salad sandwich. But Stanley's true moment of glory comes when a gang of thieves begins stealing paintings from the Famous Museum of Art. The case seems hopeless--until our two-dimensional hero saves the day. Here is one boy who doesn't let his profile-challenged body stop him from living life fully--that is, until his brother finds a way to help him become well rounded again. Jeff Brown's matter-of-fact tone and Tomi Ungerer's witty and engaging drawings tickle the funny bone, making this 1964 classic a perennial favorite. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
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