īy the end of its first year there were 13 classrooms participating in the project across the province of Ontario. The student then shares the photo and letter with their class. The person receiving the Flat Stanley is asked to take a picture with the cut-out doll and to send a letter back, either via email or regular mail, to the student recounting Flat Stanley's adventures along with the accompanying photo. The students are also asked to write a story about him, including details such as where he is from, his daily routine and his interests, then they mail their Stanley to someone, such as a friend or relative in another country, or a student at another school participating in the program. Students involved in The Flat Stanley Project read the story of Flat Stanley and are subsequently given black-and-white cut-outs of him for them to color.

And that just seemed like a way of communicating that grade-three students might enjoy.'

Stanley's parents rolled him up, put him in an envelope and mailed him to his friend in California. In an interview with CNN in 2005, Hubert explained: 'In the book, by Jeff Brown, Stanley gets squashed flat by a falling bulletin board.

Written in 1964 by American author Jeff Brown, the book centers around the life of character Stanley Lambchop, a boy who is accidentally flattened. The project's name comes from the eponymous character of the children's book Flat Stanley. Flat Stanley on a boat as part of the Flat Stanley Projectĭale Hubert first introduced The Flat Stanley Project to his students at Wilfrid Jury Public School in 1995.

Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown