Flat Stanley Audio Collection

January 1, 2004
Gr 2-4-Flat Stanley fans will enjoy this audio collection of four of Jeff Brown's books-the original 1964 classic Flat Stanley (HarperCollins), and more recent titles Invisible Stanley (HarperCollins, 1996), Stanley in Space (HarperCollins, 1990) and Stanley, Flat Again! (HarperCollins, 2003). Daniel Pinkwater reads the text in a somewhat hurried manner, but his understated delivery is entirely appropriate to Stanley's unusual adventures. Stanley Lambchop becomes flat when a bulletin board falls on top of him, and he uses his new lack of dimension to travel in envelopes, rescue lost jewelry from street drains, and foil art thieves. In subsequent stories, Stanley "disappears" in an electrical storm and helps his brother perform magic, saves aliens from danger as the presidential-appointee to space, and eventually becomes flat again and makes a daring rescue in a collapsed building. There is lots of excitement here to keep listeners engaged, and plenty of literacy tie-in activities on the Flat Stanley Web site (www.flatstanleypro ject.com). A wonderful resource for reading, language arts, and general listening, this title will be useful for most audio collections.-Kirsten Martindale, Buford Academy, GA

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