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. 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. Sneak thieves are responsible, but the police have had no luck catching them.Stanley comes up with a plan. Jay Dart, director of the Famous Museum of Art, was upset because thieves were stealing paintings from the museum. Stanley could roll himself up, and make himself into a kite for his younger brother, Arthur. He mailed himself in an envelope to visit his friend, Thomas, in California. He even slid through the sidewalk grating when his mother’s ring accidentally rolled between its bars.

He could slide under doors and do all sorts of things. Lambchop lifted the board off Stanley, they discovered that he was flat.At first, Stanley enjoyed being flat. until the night the bulletin board fell on top of him while he was sleeping. He won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Blown Away and was nominated for the Kate Greenaway medal for GRRRRR! His other books include Odd Dog Out (Aug 2016) and Sunk! (March 2017). Rob Biddulph is a bestselling and award-winning children’s book author and illustrator. Jeff created the classic character Flat Stanley, whose adventures have been beloved by children around the world for more than 50 years. He worked on the at The New Yorker and the Saturday Evening Post, and his stories appeared in these magazines and many others. Jeff Brown was a story editor and assistant film producer in Hollywood. Jeff Brown’s world-famous character Flat Stanley continues to charm half a century after he first found his way into print. But it’s not all fun and games … there are thieves in town. Now he’s flat as a pancake!īeing flat is fantastic – he can be rolled up, sent in the post and even fly like a kite. Stanley Lambchop was just an ordinary boy – until a noticeboard fell on him. With wonderful new illustrations by the award-winning author/illustrator Rob Biddulph. The magical and brilliantly funny adventures of everyone’s favourite flat boy – Flat Stanley.

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