18 books like Flat Stanley
What I Was
In the 1960s, off the coast of East Anglia, a disgruntled boarding school student develops an obsessive friendship with a boy living by himself at the edge of the sea.
Shares: Problem children, Boys, Children's fiction
The Not-So-Jolly Roger
Once again, three friends are sent back in time by a magic book and they find themselves prisoners of the evil pirate Blackbeard.
Shares: Humorous fiction, Boys, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
Swimmy
(Age 3-7) (Pre-K to 2) ''A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all from their natural enemies.''
Deep in the sea there lives a happy school of little fish. Their watery world is full of wonders, but there is also danger, and the little fish are afraid to come out of hiding... until Swimmy comes along. Swimmy shows his friends how—with ingenuity and team…
Shares: Cooperation, Fantasy, Children's fiction
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Wayside School #3)
All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of the infestation of cows! Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on every floor. Miss Mush has prepared a special lunch of baked liver in purple sauce and it is pet day on the 30th floor. Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside…
Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Tom Sawyer, Detective follows Twain's popular novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Tom Sawyer Abroad. In this novel, Tom turns detective, trying to solve a murder. Twain plays with and celebrates the detective novel, wildly popular at the time. This novel, like the others, is told through the first-person narrative of Huck Finn.
Shares: Boys, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
It's All Greek to Me (Time Warp Trio, 8)
As they are about to go on stage, Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported back to the time of Zeus and the other gods in Greek mythology, who, strangely enough, behave much as the characters in the trio's class play.
Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom (Cascades)
Shares: Problem children, Children's fiction
The Last Straw
Greg has to try and explain to his dad why he should not go to military school and that is just one of his problems he has to try and impress a girl solve a sweet mystery and try to get kicked off the football team
Shares: Humorous fiction, Family life, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
There's a Zombie in the Basement
Milo won't fall asleep because he things the monsters in the basement are gonna get him. And, if he can't get to sleep, no one will. Mom and Dad better hope his wild imagination doesn't get the best of him.
Shares: Boys, Children's fiction
Every dog has his day
Hank the Cowdog gets into more and more trouble before he is able to find a happy solution to this problems.
Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
The Bears Go to School (A Pete & Gabby Book)
Two bear cubs, Gabby and Pete, visit a nearby town. For some reason, they are not warmly greeted by panicked residents all over town—from the ice cream store to the post office. All—bears and people—are rescued when the ranger comes to investigate the situation. Full-color illustrations throughout enhance the reading experience for newly independent readers.
Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
No more dead dogs
Nobody understands Wallace Wallace. This reluctant school football hero has been suspended from the team for writing an unfavorable book report of Old Shep, My Pal. But Wallace won't tell a lie -- he hated every minute of the book! Why does the dog in every classic novel have to croak at the end?
After refusing to do a rewrite, his English teacher, who happens to be directing the school play Old…
Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
Ms. LaGrange is strange!
Something weird is going on! Ms. LaGrange talks funny and she's from some other country called France! She thinks the vomitorium is a fancy restaurant! She grows her own food right out of the ground! Yuck! Plus, she's writing secret messages in the mashed potatoes!
Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
House of Robots
Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student.
Shares: Humorous fiction, Family life, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
The pushcart war
The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.
Shares: Humorous fiction, Children's fiction
Super Schnoz and the Gates of Smell
Andy Whiffler is your average eleven-year-old boy…except that his nose is so big he can use it to fly and his sense of smell is a hundred thousand times stronger than any human. In the first book of this hilarious series, Andy moves to a new school and is instantly picked on because of the size of his nose. But when his classmates discover how powerful his nose is, they decide he is more of a…
Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
Knights of the Kitchen Table
Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor.
Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
The Ugly Truth
German-language description:
Greg hat´s offenbar eilig, schnell älter zu werden. Aber ist das wirklich so eine gute Idee?Jedenfalls muss er feststellen: Erwachsenwerden ist gar nicht lustig! Denn plötzlich soll Greg "mehr Verantwortung" übernehmen, mehr duschen und Deo benutzen, in der Schule peinliche Aufklärungsvideos ansehen und Bücher über die Pubertät lesen. Und dann verkündet seine Mutter…
Shares: Humorous fiction, Family life, Humorous stories, Children's fiction