Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Big Mountain Adventure / The Mount Rushmore Calamity | 2009 | Buy |
| The Mount Rushmore Calamity | 2009 | N/A |
| The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery | 2009 | Buy |
| The Japanese Ninja Surprise | 2009 | Buy |
| The Intrepid Canadian Expedition | 2009 | Buy |
| The Amazing Mexican Secret | 2010 | Buy |
| The African Safari Discovery | 2010 | Buy |
| The Flying Chinese Wonders | 2011 | Buy |
| The Australian Boomerang Bonanza | 2011 | Buy |
| The US Capital Commotion | 2011 | Buy |
| Showdown at the Alamo | 2013 | Buy |
| Framed in France | 2014 | Buy |
| Escape to California | 2014 | Buy |
| The Midnight Ride of Flat Revere | 2016 | Buy |
| Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #14: On a Mission for Her Majesty | 2017 | N/A |
| On a Mission for Her Majesty | 2017 | Buy |
| Lost in New York | 2018 | Buy |
Jeff Brown (1926-2003) worked as a writer and editor in New York and Hollywood before creating his most famous character. He was a story consultant at Paramount, sold fiction to national magazines, and worked as a senior editor at Warner Books until 1980. The idea for Flat Stanley came from a bedtime story he told his two sons, and the first book was published in 1964 with illustrations by Tomi Ungerer.
Brown did not return to the character for nearly two decades, eventually publishing five more Flat Stanley adventures, including Stanley in Space and Invisible Stanley. After his death in 2003, other authors continued the series under the title Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures. The books have sold millions of copies and inspired the Flat Stanley Project, a classroom activity where students send paper Stanleys to pen pals around the world to learn about different places.