I am a regular boy, except that I got flat, the letter said. In the little office at the back of the house, the girl studied the letter her mother had mentioned, framed with others on a wall: “It’s not fair! Really! I mean, everything’s ready! Why-” Think of your favorite letter, the one by your desk! He just growled at me!” “They’ve lost faith, don’t care anymore, he says! Surely not everyone, I said. “He’s been so cross lately, but I never-” “He won’t go this year, he says!” The mother sobbed. “Don’t slam the door, dear,” said her mother, weeping. “Well done, elves! Good work!”īut at home in Snow City Square, all was not well. “Don’t trust us, eh? … Snooping, we call this, Miss!” In the Wrap Shed the gifts lay ready, wrapped now in gay paper with holly and pine cones, sorted by country, by city or village, by road or lane or street. In the great workshops-the Doll Room, the Toy Plant, the Game Mill-Gift Elves had filled the orders, taking care as to color and size and style. The Flat Stanley books are perfect for newly independent readers thanks to the fun illustrations, short chapters and crazy adventures.She was the sort of little girl who liked to be sure of things, so she went all over Snow City, checking up.Īt the Post Office, Mail Elves had read the letters, making lists of who wanted what. There are benefits to Stanley’s strange predicament - he can slide under doors and be posted to his friends for a holiday - but it’s not always easy being different and, once the novelty begins to wear off, Stanley wishes he could be just like everybody else again. Since the night a giant pinboard fell on top of him, he has been completely flat. Stanley Lambchop is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary problem. And in 2017, more than fifty years after the first book was published, new editions were released illustrated by award-winning author/ illustrator Rob Biddulph. Since the author’s death in 2003 several other writers, including Sara Pennypacker and Jon Mitchell, have continued Jeff Brown’s books in Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures. What started out as a bedtime story for author Jeff Brown’s sons, soon became a bestseller and there are now more than twenty Flat Stanley books, published all over the world.

Flat Stanley is a classic American children’s book series for readers 5+.

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