Description

Flat Stanley is taking over the world, one city at a time! In this fantastic twelfth installment in the renowned Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures chapter book series, the Lambchop family is ready to explore San Francisco, California! Don’t miss any of Flat Stanley’s worldwide adventures!

Not only will kids love going on a fun adventure with Stanley, this installment of the Worldwide Adventures series has fun, fascinating facts about San Francisco in the back of the book, and is perfect for Common Core State Standards, like multicultural adventure, plot and character development story elements, and compare and contrast.

This unforgettable adventure features fun, fascinating facts about San Francisco! And for parents and teachers, each Flat Stanley book is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, like multicultural adventure, plot and character development story elements, and compare and contrast! Don’t miss any of Flat Stanley’s worldwide adventures!


This time, Stanley isn’t just visiting California—he’s helping a new friend pull off the impossible.


  • Problem-Solving for Kids: Stanley and his new friend Lily must come up with a clever plan to escape from the famous island prison of Alcatraz.
  • Inspiring Characters: Meet Lily, a resourceful and determined new friend in a wheelchair who shows Stanley that with teamwork, anything is possible.
  • A California Adventure: Join the fun from the steep hills of San Francisco to the tech hubs of Silicon Valley and the movie sets of Hollywood.
  • Fast-Paced Action: Hold on tight as Stanley becomes a human kite to help Lily surf across the bay to safety in a thrilling finale!

About the author(s)

Jeff Brown created the beloved character of Flat Stanley as a bedtime story for his sons. He has written other outrageous books about the Lambchop family, including Flat Stanley, Stanley and the Magic Lamp, Invisible Stanley, Stanley’s Christmas Adventure, Stanley in Space, and Stanley, Flat Again! You can learn more about Jeff Brown and Flat Stanley at flatstanleybooks.com.

Macky Pamintuan is an accomplished artist who lives in the Philippines with his wife, Aymone; their baby girl, Alison; and a West Highland white terrier named Winter.

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