Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #1: The Mount Rushmore Calamity: A Fun Wild West Adventure for Children (Ages 6-10)

Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #1: The Mount Rushmore Calamity: A Fun Wild West Adventure for Children (Ages 6-10)

Flat Stanley is taking over the world, one city at a time! In this very first installment in the renowned Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures chapter book series, Stanley Lambchop and his family visit one of America’s most famous monuments, Mount Rushmore! Ever since Stanley Lambchop was flattened by a bulletin board, every trip is an adventure! The whole Lambchop family is off to see Mount Rushmore. But when Flat Stanley and his brother, Arthur, team up with a scrappy cowgirl named Calamity Jasper, their vacation turns into the Wild West experience of a lifetime. Pretty soon, they find themselves in a real tight spot—even for a flat boy like Stanley! This unforgettable adventure features fun, fascinating facts about Mount Rushmore!  And for parents and teachers, each Flat Stanley book is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, like multicultural adventure, plot and character development story elements, and compare and contrast! Don’t miss any of Flat Stanley’s worldwide adventures! Grade 2–4—Capitalizing on the extremely popular (and more than 40-year-old) character created by Jeff Brown, Pennypacker's new travel-themed series features the same tongue-in-cheek humor and earnest, goody-two-shoes sensibility of the original. Here, the flattened-by-a-bulletin-board boy and the rest of the Lambchop family go on vacation to Mount Rushmore, where Stanley and his brother share an adventure with a young gold miner named Calamity Jasper. Stanley's unique abilities allow him to shine as a hero, causing some friction with Arthur, but in the end, they work together to save the day. Readers will find authenticity and humor in the siblings' rivalry, and Calamity Jasper, with her over-the-top Western dialogue, is a perfect slapstick foil to the boys. As an added bonus, interesting historical and geographical information is included in the story and related facts are appended. Though the modernized, cartoon pencil sketches are not as delightfully ridiculous as the artwork in the original series, they integrate well with the plot. Educational and fun, this action-filled tale makes a great choice for early-chapter-book collections; it will surely cause a resurgence of interest in the original series, as well as a desire to read the subsequent installations in the reboot.— Nicole Waskie, Chenango Forks Elementary, Binghamton, NY Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. “Flat Stanley is back and better than ever. Pennypacker’s revival of this perennially popular character should engender great enthusiasm and may even create new fans for this old favorite.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Saddle up with Flat Stanley Ever since Stanley was flattened by a bulletin board, every trip is an adventure! The whole Lambchop family is off to see Mount Rushmore. But when Flat Stanley and his brother, Arthur, team up with a scrappy cowgirl named Calamity Jasper, their vacation turns into the Wild West experience of a lifetime. Pretty soon, they find themselves in a real tight spot—even for a flat boy like Stanley! Jeff Brown created the beloved character of Flat Stanley as a bedtime story for his sons. He has written other outrageous books about the Lambchop family, including Flat Stanley , Stanley and the Magic Lamp , Invisible Stanley , Stanley’s Christmas Adventure , Stanley in Space , and Stanley, Flat Again! You can learn more about Jeff Brown and Flat Stanley at flatstanleybooks.com. Macky Pamintuan is an accomplished artist who lives in the Philippines with his wife, Aymone; their baby girl, Alison; and a West Highland white terrier named Winter. Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #1: The Mount Rushmore Calamity By Jeff Brown HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Copyright © 2009 Jeff Brown All right reserved. ISBN: 9780061429910 Chapter One Ready, Set . . . "Sleeping bags?" George Lambchop called out to his wife, Harriet. "Check!" answered Mrs. Lambchop. "Wholesome snacks for the boys?" "Check!" replied Mr. Lambchop. The Lambchop family was preparing for their vacation to Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota. They were each very excited about the adventure. Mr. Lambchop was excited because he was going to collect another state park sticker for the rear window of the car. Mrs. Lambchop was excited because she was going to learn more about the history of South Dakota. Their younger son, Arthur, was excited because he was hoping to meet some real, live cowboys. And Stanley, the Lambchops' older son, was excited because he was going somewhere nobody would recognize him. Not long ago, Stanley had awakened to find that his enormous bulletin board had fallen upon him during the night. Since then, the family had gotten used to having a flattened boy in the house. But when he ventured outside, he often caused a commotion: "Look, Marge! There he is . . . the famous flattened kid! Wonder what new adventure he's up to now?" Or, "Say ther