New York Monday #101: Flat Stanley in New York City!

December 17, 2007 | Filed Under Flat Stanley, New York Monday | 11 Comments

Flat Stanley in the subway station. I think riding the subway was his favorite thing to do.

New York, New York —
It’s a helluva of a town,
The Bronx is up and the Battery’s down.
The People ride in a hole in the ground.
New York, New York —
It’s a helluva of a town.

Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green

Leonard Bernstein’s musical, On the Town

Fellow blogger, Kelly of Ms. ABC Mom is a school teacher. Her students are participating in interesting and fun event that involves a book character called Flat Stanley.

Flat Stanley is a normal boy who, one day, wakes up flat as a pancake (a bulletin board fell on him). He becomes four feet tall, a foot wide and half and inch thick. Flat Stanley takes advantage of this predicament and is able to do a lot of things no one else can do. He can slip in between things and go places easily. For example, he can slide under a closed door or narrow metal grating. Instead of worrying about paying expensive airfare to travel, he can fold himself and fit into an envelope, and put in the mail. Flat Stanley has several adventures.

The students in Kelly’s class made Flat Stanleys and sent them out to people all over the United States and world. The person who receives Flat Stanley is asked to take him around and then send him back to the class with a report (and photos if possible) about the places he’s visited.

As Flat Stanley’s host, I had lots of fun showing him around town. So easy to travel with, he slipped into my book and we took the subway. I think he liked riding the subway best. He didn’t want to get out of the subway car and go upstairs. He wanted to keep riding the train.

The photos here shows a few places that Flat Stanley visited. This was fun.

On another note, a few weeks ago, I posted an annoucement about Lydia’s Drop In and Decorate event. Many people have participated. Lydia had a record number of people (85!) stop by her kitchen to decorate cookies, which were sent out to two food pantries and six shelters for domestic abuse victims. Wow! Looks like it was a lot of fun and many people are going to be happy reaping the benefits of all the volunteers efforts. Go have a look at some of the cookies they decorated here. Great job Lydia and all! It’s not too late to participate. You can read about how to get involved here.

Paz