Flat Stanley on the farm in Raymond!!!

Hello from Raymond, IL!

Flat Stanley has been staying with us on our farm and has been a big help in harvesting corn and soybeans! He likes to ride along with Cole (2 years) in the tractor as they move through the fields alongside the big combine. Flat Stanley also likes to run through the fields with Cole and play when they are not in the tractor with Grandma Sheryl. We really enjoy having Flat Stanley visit us!

Flat Stanley LOVES peanut butter and jelly!!!!

Dear Edzen,

My name is Quinn Hodges, I am five years old and am in kindergarten at Whitmore Bolles School in Dearborn, Michigan. I enjoyed having Flat Stanley to play with. He is a very good friend. Flat Stanley came with me to tennis practice. He hung on the net and watched as I practiced. He also came with me to my last soccer game and watched me as I scored a goal. After the game I received a trophy, and Flat Stanley hepled me receive my trophy from my coach. Flat Stanley helped my brother Chase and I carve our Halloween pumpkins. We made one that had a scary face and the other pumpkin said "Boo!". I went trick or treating as Indiana Jones, my brother was a lion. We also fed Flat Stanley lots and lots of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, since you told us that was his favorite food. He loved to watch movies with us, too. We watched scary movies to get ready for Halloween. Thank you for sharing Flat Stanley with us. Please let us know how you are doing and what you were for Halloween.

Your friend,
Quinn Hodges

Flat Stanley visits U of M!!!

Dear Angelica,

Thank you for sending Flat Stanley to us. We took him to the farm by our house. He sat on a pony and climbed the hay stack with me and my brother Evan and my sister Clara. He thought the pony was very soft. We live in Dexter, Michigan. It is by Ann Arbor where the University of Michigan is. We took Flat Stanley to the U of M football stadium. That is me holding him at the front gate. It was fun having him here.

From,

Emma Chevillet

2nd grade

Bates Elementary School

Dexter Michigan

Flat Stanley learns to fly!!!

Dear Jaysmin-
I love to read books, especially about famous pilots. My two favorites are Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh. I decided to take flying lessons. Now on weekends I fly my friends to interesting places in Illinois lile Starve Rock, Fort Kaskaskia, and the mighty Mississippi River.
Everyone enjoys flying with me because I am a very, very careful pilot and I take very, very good care of my cream and blue Maule four-seat plane that I keep in a hangar at the Aurora Airport. Every weekend is a grand adventure!

Flat Stanly helps on the Rouge River!!!!

First we went out kayaking on the lower Rouge River last weekend - my job is basically cleaning up the Rouge - We were taking an author of a MI canoeing book out on the Rouge in Wayne, MI - Flat Stanley will actually be in the picture of our group in the book too ;) I also brought him along to a bug id night. Another program that we run is a volunteer monitoring program, where we send folks out to different locations in the Rouge and they collect insects from the stream bottom. Then we help the volunteers identify the bugs in the lab. (Some bugs are sensitive to pollution, and some are tolerant of it - so we can assign water quality scores based on what bugs rare there). Then I took him to a "grow zone" at U of M D - We have been putting in these grow zones throughout the Rouge watershed to filter storm water with native plants, and help slow down the stormwater and get some of it to infiltrate into the ground. They did a really nice rain garden at U of M D. Finally - he was very helpful in our laminate floor laying project upstairs!

Flat Stanley works at Sony for a day!!!

Jason,

Thank you so much for your picture and for coloring Flat Stanley for Alexia and me. Yesterday he came to work with me. I work for a very big company called Sony and I sell TV's to stores. I have sent you a picture of my very messy desk. You can see FS sitting on my keyboard.
Our office is in Park Ridge NJ and has about 800 people working there. There is also an office near you in Itasca. We have about 20 offices around the country. I hope you enjoy your Halloween and we will send you pictures of Flat Stanely and his adventures with us today.

Your friend,

Andrea

Flat Stanley visits Memphis!!!

Dear Mariah,
Greetings from Memphis!!
Wow! what fun we have had with Flat Stanley. When Flat Stanley arrived we made sure that he got the chance to do some of the things that he likes to do. Flat Stan began each day by eating a healthy breakfast of Cheerios. He really enjoyed those. He took a trip to Lester School in Memphis, TN. The 6th grade Creative Writing class who is pictured with Flat Stanley was ecstatic to include Stanley in their assignments. He was given a laptop to complete the class assignment and was glad to do so. Because Flat Stanley also likes to read, he participated in the READ 180 class. He chose to read many books throughout the day. What a great time he had at school. He knew that Halloween was nearing, so he decided to play in the pumpkin candy bucket. What an adventurous guy he is! Last but not least, Flat Stan prepared himself to take a ride on the coolest motorcycle ever! That was the highlight of his adventures. Flat Stanley misses you, but wants you to know he is enjoying every minute of every day!!! Take care!

Moving Merrily in Memphis,
Flat Stan