Flat Stanley

Jeff Brown (author)

Tomi Ungerer (illustrator)

Egmont Children's Books, UK: 1964, 2003; 68pp 

ISBN: 9781405204170

Genres: adventure, fantasy, humour

Issues: family, identity

Much loved by generations of young readers, this delightful tale follows the adventures of Stanley Lambchop. Stanley is a perfectly normal boy until one day the large notice-board beside his bed falls on him, squashing him as flat as a pancake.

This, of course, presents all sorts of possibilities and Stanley takes full advantage of as many of them as possible, much to the irritation and resentment of his brother, Arthur. Being a normal boy, however, Stanley gradually finds that being so obviously different to everyone else gets on his nerves. And that's where Arthur's plan comes in...

Same Author: Stanley and the Magic Lamp; Stanley in Space