Flat Stanley Adventures

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Have you ever heard of Flat Stanley?  Me neither, until a couple of weeks ago, and now he seems to be popping up everywhere.

There are a bunch of chapter books by Jeff Brown about Flat Stanley’s worldwide adventures – they look like a great geography resource – and they seem to have inspired Flat Stanley real-life adventures, where kids make their own Flat Stanley, ship him in the mail to another kid living in another location, and then take the Flat Stanley they’ve received on all kinds of adventures right where they live.  They prepare a photo journal of their adventures and send it to the original Flat Stanley creator.

It’s not coming out very sensibly, is it?  Let’s rephrase it…

Book Loving Boys is hosting a Flat Stanley Adventure Exchange.  Except Flat Stanley will be miniscule during travel - covering the distance via email.  Head over there before Sunday, February 20, 2011 if you want to be a part of it.  You’ll find all the sensible words you need over there...

As for Miss Esmé, I have been looking for some new chapter books to try out with her, and while these aren’t very girly/princessy, I do think they’ll be fun, so we are signing up.  I have already put the first Flat Stanley book on hold at the library.  (By the way, there is even a picture book edition geared towards ages 4-8.)

And I have no doubt Esmé will create a most beautiful Flat Stanley to exchange – so if you’d like to own an Esmé creation, sign up too and you might get lucky!  :)

Note to self:  Get some sleep before writing any more blog posts…