Flat Stanley and the Very Big Cookie

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 8, 2015

Review

In this easy reader based on the Flat Stanley series, Stanley and his brother Arthur love to go to Pete's Sweets and help the baker frost cakes. One day when the boys go to visit they find Pete sad because of the competition of another bakery. They brainstorm ideas and find the solution when Stanley accidentally falls on some cookie dough. Life-size gingerbread boys become the new hit! The story has many elements that will make it popular with children such as the life-size cookie on the cover, the kids solving an adult problem and all the different things that Stanley can do because he is "flat ever since a bulletin board fell on him". Pamintuan's cartoon-style illustrations provide added details about the various settings. This easy reader is identified as a level 2 book reading with help, which is appropriate due to the amount of text. It is helpful to have Stanley in easy reader format for future chapter book recognition by readers.

Overall Book Score: good