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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is a good example of an early chapter book because the language is accessible and engaging and the chapters are short. This book is also a good example of an engaging plot because Stanly's flattened state allows him to do things most children could not, being flattened at the beginning, going on flattened adventures, and then finally being "puffed up" again at the end of the story as Stanley grows and develops as a character.  ekean06 | Nov 25, 2009 |  This book (especially the Toni Ungerer illustrations)provided hours of hilarity in my grade-school years. (  ) catalogthis | Nov 24, 2009 | Flat Stanley is a book about a little boy named Stanley who becomes flat when his bulletin board falls on him. His brother becomes jealous when Stanley get all the attention for being flat since Stanley can do all sorts of things like slide under closed doors. One day Stanley becomes upset about being flat and him and his brother reconcile. Immediately after Stanley's brother has the great idea to blow Stanley up with a bicycle tire pump and it works. Things went right back to normal. loeb001 | Oct 15, 2009 | This book is a good example of a fantasy story because a boy cannot become flat and be mailed. Stanley became flat by being squished by a bulletin board. From this accident he becomes half an inch thick. This could not really happen in real life. Age Appropriateness: Primary Media: Pen and Ink (  ) rbelknap | Sep 19, 2009 | This is a good example of fantasy because Stanley wakes up flat one morning because he has been squished by his bulletin board. The doctor is unable to diagnose what is wrong with Stanley. Eventually, Stanley becomes un-flat after his brother blows him up. (  ) rhenley06 | Aug 21, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0060097914, Paperback)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(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:23 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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