What is Flat Stanley about and what age is it suited to?

[Alambil]

DS is 5, wants to be read to but not short stories - he prefers chapter types and I've heard that FS is quite fun?

Just wondered if you had any opinions on them?

[lisad123]

from what I rememebr as a kids, they were great

[OverRated]

Yes, Flat Stanley is fab. And Treehorn.

[NewYearNewStart]

Good to read to up to about 5 then they can read themselves from 5 or 6 depending on their levels. Nice simple books.

[MaryAnnSingleton]

love Flat Stanley - very good illustrations too

[pootleflump]

I loved Flat Stanley at school, I vividly remember reading it when I was in p2, 28 years ago. No-one else ever seems to have heard of it.

[nickytwotimes]

I loved Flat Stanley as a kid. looking forward to introducing it to ds in a few years time.

[LIZS]

ds and dd have both loved it . dd saw a stage production last year , in Year 1, then read the books herself so definitely age appropriate.

[MaryAnnSingleton]

hay is for horses...isn't that in Flat Stanley ?

[hattyyellow]

Wow, I loved Flat Stanley when I was a kid! I remember he could squeeze through the drain cover to get his dads keys when he'd dropped them through the bars...strange how memories like that are buried for years and years!! Must get a copy for the DD's.

[mawbroon]

I loved Flat Stanley as well. I remember he put himself in an envelope and posted himself to America. He also rolled himself up so that he could roll down the street.

Think I was in p1 at the time, but am fairly sure that the teacher read it out to us.

[Hulababy]

I read Flat Stanley to DD when she was 4yo and she enjoyed it. She still likes it a year or so on.

[2happy]

I remember this. Loved it, though it left me with an abiding paranoia about going to sleep in a bed if there was a picture hanging above it...

[pootleflump]

mawbroon- that's the same one I remember!!! I can see the pictures in my head like I read it yesterday.

[BettySpaghetti]

I love Flat Stanley -I read it to my class on one of my teaching practises years ago and they were transfixed by it.

[foxinsocks]

I like Flat Stanley too. Both mine (now 7 and 6) enjoyed it. I would say 5 is just right. I love the idea of being able to be posted around the world because you can fit in an envelope or a suitcase lol.

What I love about FS is the way no-one seems to think he is in any way unusual!

[mawbroon]

This has just reminded me of another story that we got read to us around the same time. I have never managed to find out what it was.

I recall a boy and his grandad who used to swing over a river on a rope to some magic land which I think was full of pygmies or something.

Does anybody know what I am talking about?

[VintageGardenia]

My son still loves Flat Stanley and he's now 9! There are about four or five other books in the series and I also read about a Flat Stanley project between schools where the children make paper dolls and post them off to other schools, something like that.

Love all the Lambchops, the parents are so calm!

[foxinsocks]

[mawbroon]

pmsl foxinsocks. It's no more ridiculous than Flat Stanley!!

[VintageGardenia]

mawbroon you need this site - you might recognise your book there. It looks rubbish at first but keep digging.

[mawbroon]

Thanks VintageGardenia. I have had a bit of a search, but it is like looking for a needle in a haystack!