Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #12: Escape to California: A Fun and Fascinating Chapter Book for Children (Ages 6-10) About San Francisco Adventures - Softcover

Brown, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062189905 ISBN 13: 9780062189905

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2014

Synopsis

Flat Stanley is taking over the world, one city at a time! In this fantastic twelfth installment in the renowned Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures chapter book series, the Lambchop family is ready to explore San Francisco, California! Don’t miss any of Flat Stanley’s worldwide adventures!

Not only will kids love going on a fun adventure with Stanley, this installment of the Worldwide Adventures series has fun, fascinating facts about San Francisco in the back of the book, and is perfect for Common Core State Standards, like multicultural adventure, plot and character development story elements, and compare and contrast.

This unforgettable adventure features fun, fascinating facts about San Francisco! And for parents and teachers, each Flat Stanley book is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, like multicultural adventure, plot and character development story elements, and compare and contrast! Don’t miss any of Flat Stanley’s worldwide adventures!

This time, Stanley’s vacation takes a thrilling turn when a new friend needs his help with an impossible mission. Can they pull off the most daring escape in history?

• Unlikely Friendship: Stanley teams up with Lily Fox, a determined new friend who uses a wheelchair and has a plan that’s bigger than both of them.
• Daring Alcatraz Escape: To change how the world sees her, Lily plans to break out of the famous island prison—and she needs Stanley’s flat-out bravery to succeed.
• Problem Solving Skills: From getting a superhero-style flight suit in Silicon Valley to sneaking onto a Hollywood movie set, this mission requires serious cleverness.
• Action-Packed Fun: Readers will love the thrilling finale as Stanley becomes a human kite, soaring over the San Francisco Bay to complete the escape!

About this title

About the Authors

Jeff Brown created the beloved character of Flat Stanley as a bedtime story for his sons. He has written other outrageous books about the Lambchop family, including Flat Stanley, Stanley and the Magic Lamp, Invisible Stanley, Stanley’s Christmas Adventure, Stanley in Space, and Stanley, Flat Again! You can learn more about Jeff Brown and Flat Stanley at flatstanleybooks.com.

Macky Pamintuan is an accomplished artist who lives in the Philippines with his wife, Aymone; their baby girl, Alison; and a West Highland white terrier named Winter.

From the Back Cover

There's no place on Earth a flat kid can't go!

The Lambchops are on a family vacation to San Francisco, California. But when Stanley saves a girl from barreling down one of San Francisco's famously steep hills, he's shocked to find that she's actually been looking for him. The girl, Lily, is trying to perform an amazing trick that no one has ever done before—escaping from Alcatraz prison—and she needs Stanley's help! Can the famous flat boy lend a hand to pull off this tricky stunt?

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062189905
• ISBN 13: 9780062189905
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Pamintuan Macky
• Number of pages: 128