Flat Stanley

For my third blog post, I decided to read a book I would not usually pick up. I was going through my books and decided to read Flat Stanley. I wouldn't usually pick up this book because it doesn't look like it really interests me. I have to admit I am guilty of judging a book by its cover. Flat Stanley is written by Jeff Brown and has some amazing pictures by Scott Nash!

Flat Stanley is about a boy in a family that had a bulletin board fall on him when he was sleeping and it made him flat. The doctor said he would be fine, but he would just be flat! Throughout the next few chapters Stanley finds out how being flat can come in handy like sliding under doors, sliding in small spots where people drop things, getting sent in the mail instead of having to buy an airplane ticket, or even be rolled up so he didn't have to walk. Soon, Stanley brother was found putting books on his body to try and become flat like Stanley because he was jealous of all the cool things he got to do. So being the great big brother Stanley is, he let Author fly him like a kite, but you could only imagine how that ended. Stanley got stuck in a tree. Throughout the rest of the book, Stanley and his brother get into mischief that never ends very good.

Overall I wasn't sure what to think of this book. I just thought the whole idea of it was sort of odd.While reading, I was thinking of a way I could connect this to my classroom and I couldn't think of a way to connect this book.  But while reading I remember writing on a flat Stanley to another class in a different state. Then while finishing the book I saw in the back of the book there was an activity about doing that. So I thought that would be a cool activity! It would be fun to have another class as "pen pals." It could help the students learn how to write letters. While reading I liked the creativity that the author used in his vocabulary. Words like enormous, sensational, and disguised are all great words that could challenge students while learning. But using the context clues in the sentence could help them find out.

I'm not sure I would read this book again or read it in my classroom. Maybe I would have a different view if I read the other books? I'm not sure. I think next week I am going to try and find a Magic Tree House book to read and see if I enjoy it more!