In Hollywood he worked for the producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. A graduate of the Professional Children's School, he provided a child's voice in a radio drama and appeared onstage.
Originally a child actor, he became Jeff Brown because Actors Equity already had a Richard Brown as a member. Jeff Brown was born Richard Chester Brown. In translation, he traveled to France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and Israel, among other places. The character's life extended further, as schoolchildren mailed cut-outs of him to their friends. All together, Stanley's tales have sold nearly a million copies in the United States alone. The last, "Stanley, Flat Again!," was published the year he died.
Flat Stanley became the star of a series of perpetually popular books. Jeff Brown had worked in Hollywood and as an editor and writer in New York before creating Flat Stanley, a hero for the youngest readers whose adventures, with illustrations by Tomi Ungerer, were first published in 1964. In these four stories, Stanley also becomes invisible and helps nab some bank robbers, journeys to outer space to rescue aliens, and, after being rounded out, turns flat-again! One thing is for sure: There's nothing Stanley Lambchop can't do!Īnd that's only the start of Stanley's adventures.Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
At only half an inch thick, Stanley can slide under doors, mail himself across the country in an envelope, and fly like a kite!Īnd that's only the start of Stanley's adventures. At least he was, until the night his bulletin board fell off the wall and flattened him. About the Book Four classic Flat Stanley chapter books get a fresh look in these repackaged editions illustrated by Pamintuan, now collected in this boxed set.Ī great way to celebrate Flat Stanley's 50th anniversary-four favorite classic Flat Stanley paperbacks in a box set! This collection includes:įlat Stanley Invisible Stanley Stanley in Space Stanley, Flat Again!
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