These four adventures of a certain Stanley Lambchop; his younger brother, Arthur; and their parents are certainly unique. One evening his bulletin board falls on Stanley as he’s sleeping and lies on him all night. When he awakes in the morning, he finds himself to be only one inch thick. In these stories Stanley accomplishes such feats as becoming a kite and catching a couple of art thieves by posing in a painting. These stories are all quite delightful, almost quaint. Mrs. Lambchop, in particular, is winsomely prissy: "Remember, 'hay' is for horses." Daniel Pinkwater's performance is well suited to this work. His delivery is precise, deliberate, and understated. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

Gr 2-4-Flat Stanley fans will enjoy this audio collection of four of Jeff Brown's books-the original 1964 classic Flat Stanley (HarperCollins), and more recent titles Invisible Stanley (HarperCollins, 1996), Stanley in Space (HarperCollins, 1990) and Stanley, Flat Again! (HarperCollins, 2003). Daniel Pinkwater reads the text in a somewhat hurried manner, but his understated delivery is entirely appropriate to Stanley's unusual adventures. Stanley Lambchop becomes flat when a bulletin board falls on top of him, and he uses his new lack of dimension to travel in envelopes, rescue lost jewelry from street drains, and foil art thieves. In subsequent stories, Stanley "disappears" in an electrical storm and helps his brother perform magic, saves aliens from danger as the presidential-appointee to space, and eventually becomes flat again and makes a daring rescue in a collapsed building. There is lots of excitement here to keep listeners engaged, and plenty of literacy tie-in activities on the Flat Stanley Web site (www.flatstanleypro ject.com). A wonderful resource for reading, language arts, and general listening, this title will be useful for most audio collections.-Kirsten Martindale, Buford Academy, GA Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

These four adventures of a certain Stanley Lambchop; his younger brother, Arthur; and their parents are certainly unique. One evening his bulletin board falls on Stanley as he’s sleeping and lies on him all night. When he awakes in the morning, he finds himself to be only one inch thick. In these stories Stanley accomplishes such feats as becoming a kite and catching a couple of art thieves by posing in a painting. These stories are all quite delightful, almost quaint. Mrs. Lambchop, in particular, is winsomely prissy: "Remember, 'hay' is for horses." Daniel Pinkwater's performance is well suited to this work. His delivery is precise, deliberate, and understated. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine