We had a delightful couple visiting the museum this morning from New Brighton, MN. While talking with them, they mentioned they had to do something with Flat Stanley. Guess they knew that confused me as they asked if I had heard of him, and I had not. One thing led to another about this funny story of Flat Stanley and they left; only to return to get a photo of me holding Flat Stanley.
Mary came in for a photo of the icicle hanging in our courtyard (her day off) and I introduced her and hubby. Mary liked the Flat Stanley story as well and said to do a check on it, then blog about it.
According to the brief summary on Amazon (or check your local bookstore), “Stanley Lambchop is an ordinary boy. At least he was, until the night his bulletin board fell off the wall and flattened him. At only an inch thick, Stanley can slide under doors, mail himself across the country in an envelope, and fly like a kite.”
Amazon also writes that Flat Stanley was created by Jeff Brown as a bedtime story for his two sons. Mr. Brown has written other stories about the Lambchop family as well.
Our visitors had received a cut-out of Flat Stanley by mail from her nephew and were taking him on a trip through Little Falls. Everywhere they have taken him, they have taken his photo, thus a photo with me at the museum; Flat Stanley will soon be returning to the nephew’s school.
What a great idea! I’m sure there are lots of people out there that know of Flat Stanley and now we do too.
Oh, about the icicle, you may want to keep a check on the museum’s Facebook (access from this page at bottom) as Mary is going to post that photo soon.
Update to post:
A photo arrived in the mail of Flat Stanley and me. What a hoot!
~ Alice Smuda
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