Flat Stanley Plays Ball: Blue Banana

Description

A charming sports story from Jeff Brown's Flat Stanley for Egmont's Blue Banana series. When Stanley Lambchop joins the rounders team, he discovers that being flat can help him play. But not everyone thinks flat players should be allowed. You can't change who you are, though, as Stanley soon discovers . . . Blue bananas are chapter books for children learning to read, suitable for NC Level 2 readers. They are carefully designed educational books for children, supporting their understanding of how to read and develop vocabulary. Blue bananas uses speech bubbles to aid understanding of dialogue and the text encourages children to explore the feelings of characters.

Jeff Brown Born in New York City, Jeff Brown was a story editor and assistant film producer in Hollywood. He worked on the editorial staffs of The New Yorker and the Saturday Evening Post, and his stories appeared in these magazines and many others. Jeff Brown died in Manhattan aged 77 but his world-famous Flat Stanley stories continue to delight children everywhere. Lori Haskins Houran Lori Haskins Houran has been writing and editing children's books since 1992. She grew up in Maine, but now lives in New York City. Jon Mitchell A graduate of Wolverhampton University, Jon Mitchell has illustrated books for Teletubbies, Tots TV and Rosie and Jim. Since 2000, Jon has been a freelance illustrator working for major publishers including the BBC, Oxford Press and Pearson Education.