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Stanley, flat again [electronic resource] / by Jeff Brown ; pictures by Scott Nash.
After Stanley Lambchop goes flat once again, he uses his flatness to help win a sailboat race and to rescue a classmate from a collapsed building.
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- ISBN: 9780062035585
- ISBN: 0062035584
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (87 pages) : illustrations
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, ©2003.
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| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Monthly Selections - # 2 May 2003
Gr. 2-4. Stanley Lambchop, hero of Flat Stanley (1964) and its sequels, returns here for a sixth adventure. Brother Arthur pelts Stanley with a tennis ball, causing Stanley to bump against a shelf and suddenly deflate again. This time the bicycle pump doesn't reverse his condition. Despite his altered physique, Stanley tries to live a normal life, and he discovers that his condition actually has some advantages; he acts as a human sail during a boat race and rescues a rude classmate from a collapsed building. Nash's frequent black-and-white illustrations extend the story's humor and help to break up the text for newly independent readers. Short chapters and large print add to the book's appeal, making this a good choice for a first chapter book, especially for Stanley fans and those familiar with the Flat Stanley literacy project. ((Reviewed May 15, 2003)) Copyright 2003 Booklist Reviews - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2004 Spring
When Stanley gets hit on the back and on his shoulder simultaneously, he becomes flat again in this latest book about his adventures. This time Stanley stands in for a spinnaker in a sailboat race and squeezes through the tight spaces of a collapsed building to rescue a classmate. The understated humor of the preposterous situations and Nash's black-and-white art will amuse Stanley fans. Copyright 2004 Horn Book Guide Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2003 January #1
Flattened once more, this time not by a falling bulletin board but a double blow to his elusive "Osteal Balance Point"-or so says family GP Dr. Dan-Stanley Lambchop gets two more chances to play the hero before popping back into shape. First he becomes a human spinnaker in a sailboat race, then he worms his way through the wreckage of a collapsed building to rescue ever-rude classmate Emma Weeks. Alluding to previous episodes, Stanley complains, "Why me? Why am I always getting flat, or invisible, or something?" Mr. Lambchop replies, "But things often happen without there seeming to be a reason, and then something else happens, and suddenly the first thing seems to have had a purpose after all." Perhaps-even if that purpose is just to tread water, as Brown does here. Still, with its cartoon illustrations, well-leaded text and general goofiness, this retread is as likely to draw transitional readers as the perennial favorite Flat Stanley (1964) and its sequels. (Fiction. 8-10) Copyright Kirkus 2003 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2003 February # 3
Youngsters will welcome the return of favorite characters in an array of beginning chapter books. Stanley Lambchop deflates once more in Stanley, Flat Again, the sixth title in the series by Jeff Brown, illus. by Scott Nash. Whereas the hero flew as a kite in Flat Stanley, here he serves as a spinnaker to win a sailboat race. When a building collapses, he slips beneath the wreckage to save a classmate just before it tumbles down. A paperback version of Flat Stanley, also with illustrations by Nash, is being released simultaneously. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2003 March
Gr 2-4-Stanley Lambchop returns for another adventure that began in Flat Stanley (1964) and continued in Stanley and the Magic Lamp (1996) and Invisible Stanley (1996, all HarperCollins). Stanley has become flat again, and when his little brother tries to inflate him with a basketball pump, it hurts too much to continue. In the episodic plot, the boy is diagnosed by Dr. Dan, participates as a sail in a sailboat race, and executes a dangerous rescue in a collapsed building that only he in his flatness can attempt. Perky black-and-white cartoon art continues the humorous, upbeat tone set by the text. Given the appeal of this popular character, Stanley will expand early chapter-book collections.-Debbie Stewart, Grand Rapids Public Library, MI Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
