This book is appropriate for 3rd-5th grade. This book is about a boy named Stanley who gets smashed by a bulletin board in his sleep. He then goes on adventures throughout the book. I enjoyed this book, I thought it was a great read for late elementary students who are getting into chapter books. I would have this in my classroom for free reading time. ( )

I would use this for intermediate level kids. This book is about a boy who becomes flat and has to overcome the new life struggles of that. It is also about a brother who is jealous and they have to overcome that. I would use this book as a starting real chapter book and use it for kids to show them that it is okay to be different.

I was surprised at how appealing I found this silly story of a boy he is squished flat one day and makes the best of it. Maybe it's that all the adults -- doctors, parents, police, museum directors -- are all so consistently incompetent, so of course the kids have to step up when it comes to saving money, rescuing lost rings, stopping thieves, resolving sibling rivalry, and finding a cure.

Fun.

My only critique: I dislike stories where every member of the family gets a first name except the mother. Free Mrs. Lambchop from the patriarchy! ( )

Fun! ( )

Flat stanley is a must read for intermediate level students but a strong 2nd grader could read this book as well. It is such a cute book that brings to life some issues that are going on the world right now. It is a great book to get kids starting to read chapter books that have a deeper meaning to them ( )

I think this book is good for 2nd and 3rd graders. The book will take a few sittings to read for children in those grades. I think this book covers a little bit of diversity issues which was definitely ahead of its time for when it was originally written. Flat Stanley is a good book to start a conversation about differences and diversity in the classroom! ( )

Stanley Lambchop is an ordinary boy . . . was an ordinary boy . . . until the night the bulletin board fell on top of him while he was sleeping. When Mr. and Mrs. Lambchop lifted the board off Stanley, they discovered that he was flat.

At first, Stanley enjoyed being flat. He could slide under doors and do all sorts of things. He even slid through the sidewalk grating when his mother’s ring accidentally rolled between its bars. He mailed himself in an envelope to visit his friend, Thomas, in California. Stanley could roll himself up, and make himself into a kite for his younger brother, Arthur. [Arthur was jealous of all the things Stanley could do now that he was flat and tried to flatten himself by putting a great many volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica on top of himself. It didn’t work.]

Mr. O. Jay Dart, director of the Famous Museum of Art, was upset because thieves were stealing paintings from the museum. Sneak thieves [the worst kind because they work by sneakery] are responsible, but the police have had no luck catching them.

Stanley comes up with a plan. But will it work? Will they catch the sneak thieves and save the paintings in the museum? And, most importantly, will Stanley stay flat forever?

Flat Stanley is destined to become the young reader’s favorite character. Although filled with whimsy and silliness, the clever story makes some important points about family, being brothers, coming to hasty conclusions, teamwork, and judging people by their differences.

“Flat Stanley” has spawned a plethora of Flat Stanley adventures as well as imaginative school projects in which students create a flat figure of themselves and then send themselves in the mail to have adventures [my granddaughter’s flat-self went to the playground, the movies, and grocery-shopping, then visited a local classroom . . . now her flat-self is proudly displayed on my bookcase].

The target audience here is ages six through ten; however, the narrative is a bit lengthy, so perhaps not appropriate for the youngest readers unless read in installments. Some of the humor may be more at the parental level, but the improbability is sure to make every young reader giggle. This is definitely a book that children will ask to read again and again.

Highly recommended. ( )

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Whimsical and imaginative, Mr Brown presents a ridiculous situation in the most of fact way Ana them runs with it. Stanley is mailed in an envelope, he is flown like a kite, and in the end he is re-inflated like a flat tire. But his family is lovely. ( )

A nice short read where the fun thing that you can be airmailed coz you're flat! Kinda funny to find that one can be flat after spendinb a night sleeping under a bookcase. ( )

Flat Stanley is book about a boy named Stanley that gets flattened to being pancake like, and the adventures he has to go on including but not limited to being a kite, saving the worlds most expensive painting, and savings his mom's ring. ( )

In the flat Stanley original book he has a bulletin board fall on him so he became a half of an inch thick. This results in him being mailed around and flown like a kite. This book is good because you can make a project where students mail him around and have friends and family take photos with him different places.

I love this book it is such a good book ware helps a lot of people read this book! ( )

Flat Stanley is a classic children’s chapter book about a boy named Stanley who gets into a little accident and flattens his body out, now he is a kite entertaining all kinds of people in the city.

I remember reading this book in elementary school. It was a great book for a travel project. ( )

Stanley is a very optimistic character who goes with the flow. When he is accidentally flattened, he is amazed at his flatness but not horrified. He finds creative ways to make the best of his new physical state. He cheaply travels to visit a friend, cheers his brother up by becoming a kite, and helps stop a robbery. Rather than being upset and trying to change himself, he accepts his flatnesses and does creative, wonderful things with it. He approaches his situation positively and makes it work. ( )

The story "Flat Stanley" is about a boy who was crushed by a bulletin board and becomes flat. At first, Stanley isn't sure what to think, until he realizes the advantages of his new and unique super power. From getting wedding rings in storm drains to being flown like a kite, Stanley realizes that his new super power is actually pretty cool. As Stanley starts school, he finally starts to notice how he is different from the other students and how his super power might not be such a great thing. Fortunately for Stanley, his unique body becomes a special gift that people need and appreciate. The central message of the story is that even if you're different and confused about your image, you are still important and wanted by others. It may be difficult to look at our differences, but when we can view our strengths is when we are at our best. ( )