Citation:
Houran, L., & Pamintuan, M.
(2012). Flat Stanley at Bat. New York: HarperCollins.
Lexile Score: 360L
Summary:
This story is about a boy who was only an inch
thick-flat Stanley. Stanley was crushed by a bulletin board and has been flat
every since. Stanley worked his hardest to prove to everyone he was great at
baseball. When the time came everyone said he was only good because he was so
flat. Stanley, who know he was a great play because he worked hard, and along
with his brother Author, set out to prove to everyone he was a great playing
but not because he was flat.
Evaluation:
Overall I feel
this book could be considered high quality from the text itself, but with the
pictures included it is not. The illustrations in this book are very stereotypical.
Everyone in the story is white and is depicted as the perfect, all-American
family. Parents go to every game of their child’s. The family does everything
together. They have traditional hair styles with normal hair colors. There is
nothing non-stereotypical in the images.
On a different note, the story itself is great text.
The story talks about how a little boy overcomes being discriminated against by
others over something he has no control over and cannot change. Instead of
feeling down about himself and letting what hurtful things other’s say to him
bring him down, he thinks about the positive within himself and between him and
his brother, they create a solution. This shows students that they have the
power within themselves to overcome anything anyone else says to them.
Literary Elements:
Characters: Stanley, Author,
their parents, and Coach.
Genre: Early Chapter Book
Theme: Making the best of
every situation you are in
Mini Lesson:
For this book I would teach kids about being unique.
Many kids see being different as a bad thing and not a good thing. I would
teach kids to appreciate the aspects that are different about them than other
people and.
Age: 4+ depending on reading
level of child
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