Flat Stanley, Grades 1-3
Themes of emotion and heroism will delight your students while the activities in our Lit Link guide their learning. Chapter-by-chapter questions and additional activities in vocabulary, word study, and personal development are designed according to research-based education principles to improve literacy skills in communication, critical thinking, emotional development and more. About the novel: Stanley is a nice average boy who leads a nice, ordinary life. Then one day a bulletin board falls on him and suddenly Stanley is as flat as a pancake! Being flat, he gets to have interesting adventures... but he also experiences a roller coaster of emotions. When Stanley rescues his mother's ring from a deep shaft, 2 policemen think he's "cuckoo". Then Stanley thinks of a brilliant idea to help the director of the Famous Museum of Art to catch the gang of sneak thieves. He stops a crime and becomes a hero! Despite all the attention, Stanley wishes he were normal again... can anyone help him?
