The project was designed to facilitate the improvement of the reading and writing skills of elementary school students, while also promoting an interest in learning about different people and places.

The project features paper cut-outs based on the title character of the 1964 children's book Flat Stanley. The Flat Stanley Project is an educational project that was started in 1995 by Dale Hubert, a third grade schoolteacher in London, Ontario, Canada. Readers will be left wanting more Stanley Lambchop adventures, so be ready to search through the other titles in this gorgeous series.Flat Stanley braving the weather in Miami Beach The story is timeless and still just as relevant – with its messages of acceptance, jealousy and good versus evil – in the modern world.Īs Arthur learns to understand his brother’s situation and the family adapts to this new version of Stanley, children see that being different or standing out from the crowd is not always easy. When the children at school begin teasing Stanley for being different, Arthur feels sorry for him and tries to help him become round again.įirst published in the 1960s, Flat Stanley is a classic, fun tale of a boy with a difference. After all, why should Stanley get all the attention while he remains the boring, normal one? Life seems so much fun being flat that his brother, Arthur, is jealous and tries to flatten himself. Stanley Lambchop is now a hero and a household name.

Stanley’s adventures also allow him to help catch two local thieves who have escaped capture for a long time.

He finds that his new flat life is really very handy – he can slip under doors, fit into an envelope to be posted to his friend’s house in America, be carried like a rolled-up parcel, and be flown like a kite. Stanley Lambchop awakes one morning to find that he is flat.

Flat stanley book report