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Tomi Ungerer Jeff Brown
Flat Stanley
Published by Diogenes as Der flache Franz
Original Title: Flat Stanley
Stanley Lambchop is just a normal, healthy boy. True, there was that business about the bulletin board falling on him. But boys will have accidents, and Stanley is just like any other boy. Even if he is only half an inch thick. A handicap? Don't be silly! Convenient? Most certainly. Why, Stanley's father never worries about losing him in crowds; he just rolls Stanley up and carries him under his arm. And economical. How about the time his parents mailed him to California to spend his holiday there? Does he have fun? Well, which is more fun – flying a kite or being one? What's that you say? Can a flat boy make a significant contribution to society? Now look – that's the climax. You'd better read the book. It's uplifting. And side-splitting. So are the pictures.
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Children's Books
56 pages
15.5 × 19 cm
1980

978-3-257-25042-8
Tomi
Ungerer

Tomi Ungerer (1931 — 2019) began his unstoppable career as an illustrator, childrenʼs book author and artist in New York. He published more than 140 books for adults and children, and created posters, sculptures and films. His hometown, Strasbourg, dedicated a museum to him even during his lifetime. His picture books, such as The Three Robbers and Moon Man, are modern classics.

Photo: © Gaëtan Bally / Keystone
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Photo of Tomi Ungerer, © Gaëtan Bally / Keystone
Jeff
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2006

Tomi Ungerer übernimmt die Schirmherrschaft über das von USable im Rahmen der Ausschreibung ›Transitions in Life. Hilfe bei Übergängen‹ ausgezeichnete Projekt Flat Stanley, das zu Gast bei Berliner Schülern ist