Another special advantage of being flat is that Flat Stanley can visit his friends in California by mailing himself in an envelope. Over the course of the story, he also rolls up to go out to a park, and he is used as a kite by his brother. Soon, he discovers that he is able to enter locked rooms by sliding under the door. He survives and decides to make the best of being flat. The book recounts the adventures of Stanley Lambchop after he is squashed flat by a bulletin board while sleeping.

The musical was well received and was revived in 2014 for a short tour. It featured a script by Mike Kenny and songs by Julian Butler. In 2009, a musical adaptation, also entitled Flat Stanley, opened at the Djanogly Theatre, Nottingham. Since Brown's death in 2003, other children's book authors, including Sara Pennypacker and Josh Greenhut, have continued the series under a new name, Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures. Brown did not continue the series until more than two decades later, when he published five more books: Stanley and the Magic Lamp, Stanley in Space, Stanley’s Christmas Adventure, Invisible Stanley, and Stanley, Flat Again! īy 2003, the Flat Stanley series had sold almost a million copies in the United States, and the stories had been translated into French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and Hebrew. The first book featured illustrations by Tomi Ungerer and was published in 1964. The idea for the book began as a bedtime story for Brown’s sons, which Brown turned into the first Flat Stanley book. Flat Stanley is an American children's book series written by author Jeff Brown (Janu– December 3, 2003). The guided reading pages are designated with a picture of Flat Stanley on them.Īdditional Flat Stanley Worldwide Adventures guided reading packets are available for. The background building pages are designated in the packet with a map of where Flat Stanley is located. A guided reading page for each chapter that will set the focus for reading with a brief introduction to the chapter and then 1-3 focus questions to be reading to answer when done with the chapter. A page or two of research questions to build the background knowledge your students will need to be successful with the chapter to be done prior to reading the chapter.ģ. Background building pages to be done prior to reading the book that will have your students researching information to learn about the continent and country Flat Stanley is visiting.Ģ. The guided reading packet is set up with. This guided reading packet will guide your students through the reading of the book as well as give them an opportunity to learn about our capital city along the way. Book #9 in the Worldwide Adventures series will take Flat Stanley to Washington DC. Flat Stanley continues his Worldwide Adventures with the book The US Capital Commotion.

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