![]() ![]() Often, a Flat Stanley returns with a photo or postcard from his visit. Students may find it fun to plot Flat Stanley's travels on maps and share the contents of the journal. The project has many similarities to the Travelling gnome prank except, of course, for the Flat Stanley Project's focus on literacy. 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. 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. Students begin by reading the book and becoming acquainted with the story. The Flat Stanley Project provides an opportunity for students to make connections with students of other member schools who've signed up with the project. Dale Hubert received the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence in 2001 for the Flat Stanley Project. It is meant to facilitate letter-writing by schoolchildren to each other as they document what Flat Stanley has done with them. The Flat Stanley books are perfect for newly independent readers thanks to the fun illustrations, short chapters and crazy adventures.The project was started in 1995 by Dale Hubert, a grade three schoolteacher in London, Ontario, Canada. 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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