Flat Stanley has been on all sorts of adventures, and now kids are being encouraged to write a Flat Stanley adventure of their own.
A national contest, calling for kids ages 7 to 12 to write a 150-word Stanley story, kicked off last week at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Flat Stanley is a book character created more than 45 years ago. In the first book, he got flattened by a bulletin board and then discovered that being flat allowed him to do all sorts of cool things.
Since then Stanley’s journeys have continued in many books, and kids have taken paper versions of Stanley all around the world. The goal is to raise kids’ awareness of geography.
Story-writing winners will be chosen in three age groups. Each winner will get an Adventures by Disney vacation for four. Enter by Nov. 30. Rules and entry materials can be found at www.flatstanleybooks.com/adventuresbydisney.
The Washington Post
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