Jeff Brown wrote a book called Flat Stanley in 1964, and since that time, the little guy has visited many countries.  He went to the Academy Awards when Clint Eastwood took his daughter's Flat Stanley to the Academy Awards. This resulted in articles in People magazine and CNN.com. Several Flat Stanleys were hosted by Olympic athletes in Torino, Italy at the 2006 Olympic Games.  In October 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger showed his son's Flat Stanley to Jay Leno. Schwarzenegger wanted to "pump him up." The Governor had been taking Flat Stanley with him on the campaign trail.

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A few months ago, my grandson, Michael, asked me if I knew any friends that would like to have a visit from Flat Stanley.  I sent out an e-mail to several of my teacher friends and I got a reply in less than 10 minutes from Debbie Bennett in Fairbanks Alaska.  She told me to send him on the next plane, so Michael packed him up and sent him off to Fairbanks, Alaska.  When Flat Stanley came back to Bolingbrook, IL my grandson called me and told me that he wants to go to Alaska.  When I saw what a wonderful job that Debbie did with Stanley, I knew why Michael wanted to go to Alaska.  I took the following pictures of the Flat Stanley Journal that documented his stay in Fairbanks, Alaska.