Eventually, Stanley becomes tired of his flatness, and his brother restores his proper shape with a bicycle pump.īooks in the series Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures Illustratorīooks by Jeff Brown, illustrated by Macky Pamintuan: Stanley even helps catch art museum thieves by disguising himself as a painting on the wall. Another special advantage of being flat is that Flat Stanley can visit his friends in California by mailing himself in an envelope. Over the course of the story, he also rolls up to go out to a park, and he is used as a kite by his brother. Soon, he discovers that he is able to enter locked rooms by sliding under the door. He survives and decides to make the best of being flat. The book recounts the adventures of Stanley Lambchop after he is squashed flat by a bulletin board while sleeping. The musical was well received and was revived in 2014 for a short tour. It featured a script by Mike Kenny and songs by Julian Butler.

In 2009, a musical adaptation, also entitled Flat Stanley, opened at the Djanogly Theatre, Nottingham.

Since Brown's death in 2003, other children's book authors, including Sara Pennypacker and Josh Greenhut, have continued the series under a new name, Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures. Brown did not continue the series until more than two decades later, when he published five more books: Stanley and the Magic Lamp, Stanley in Space, Stanley’s Christmas Adventure, Invisible Stanley, and Stanley, Flat Again! īy 2003, the Flat Stanley series had sold almost a million copies in the United States, and the stories had been translated into French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and Hebrew. The first book featured illustrations by Tomi Ungerer and was published in 1964. The idea for the book began as a bedtime story for Brown’s sons, which Brown turned into the first Flat Stanley book. Flat Stanley is an American children's book series written by author Jeff Brown (Janu– December 3, 2003).

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