Flat Stanley visits Superior Public Library

Youngsters participating in Superior Public Library's summer reading program followed the adventures of Flat Stanley, a character in a popular book series for young readers. Jeff Brown, the author of the book series, wrote the first Flat Stanley book in 1964. He did not write another Flat Stanley book for more than 20 years. Then he wrote five more books. By 2003, almost one million books had been sold in the United States. Brown died in 2003. In 2006, Scholastic republished the original book. Other authors have since continued writing Flat Stanley adventures.

The series centers around the lif...