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Description
Canada, Africa, China, and Australia are just a few places that the world-famous Flat Stanley passes through on his exciting adventures. He was just your average boy up until one night a pinboard fell on top of him! Leaving him completely flat and letting him slip and slide under doors and even be posted to different countries!
Titles in set:
- Flat Stanley
- Stanley Flat Again
- Stanley in Space
- The Japanese Ninja Surprise
- The Amazing Mexican Secret
- The African Safari Discovery
- The Australian Boomerang Bonanza
- The US Capital Commotion
- The Flying Chinese Wonders
- Flat Stanley and The Big Mountain Adventure
- Invisible Stanley
- Stanley And The Magic Lamp
Flat Stanley has been travelling to all the wonders of the world from ruins, architecture that stands the test of time and new civilization. Stanley has been entertaining children through the generations, his unique design of being a flat cutout allows him to move and slip through things with ease and this sparked millions of children to create their own flat paper cutout designs. This story was originally published in 1964 by Jeff Brown, the tale is full of playfulness, hilarity and comedic scenes, the work has become one of the most loved series at home and in schools. Due to an incident of a notice board falling on Stanley during his sleep, upon waking he finds himself completely flat and just one inch thick, yet he now discovers himself with the new found ability to be able to fly around the world like a kite and fit through the post.
The idea of the story came from Jeff Brown’s sons when one night they asked what would happen if the notice board above them were to fall on them, Brown said that you will wake up flat and this led to his idea of what a life might look like. In this collection, you will find the adventuresome story of Flat Stanley: Stanley in Space, the president of the U.S. has decided that Stanley Lambchop and his family are to be the first ever people to fly in the new secret spaceship called the Star Scout. He will be meeting the Queen of England, save a planet from scary dangers and enjoy a birthday party in space. In Flat Stanley: The Japanese Ninja Surprise, he and his brother Arthur are massive fans of the ninja movie star Oda Nobu and it’s their dream to visit them. So, they decided to pack themselves away in a mail and shop up right on his door in Japan, however things don’t go as smoothly as they arrive they are met with a big troubling surprise.
In Flat Stanley: The Amazing Mexican Secret, Stanley’s mother is need for an ingredient to complete her recipe, and so Stanley goes on a journey to Mexico seeking this special ingredient. On this dangerous adventure, he encounters a group of scary spies who are trying to steal it. It’s up to Stanley to locate the maker of this special ingredient before the spies do!
