Stanley and the Magic Lamp (Flat Stanley, #2) by Jeff Brown

Stanley and the Magic Lamp (Flat Stanley, #2) Reviews

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  Amir Z

  وقتی که نُه ساله بودم (یعنی هشت سال پیش) ماجراهای استنلی را که شش جلد بود در قالب یک کتاب خواندم. این جلد از ماجراجویی های استنلی جذاب ترین بخش بود برایم.
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  Cheryl

  What a wonderful surprise LFL find. I love stories about wishes & consequences, and this is one of the best for modern children who are casual readers. I particularly liked the two bits of special kindness at the end.
  
  Y'know what, I'm going to start a Listopia on the theme of Wishes and Consequences. Join me there if you know any other titles... I'm sure there are ones that I've forgotten, and perhaps ones that I've missed altogether.
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  Farah

  Kalau Prince Haraz datang ke hadapanku saat ini dan menawarkan dirinya untuk mengabulkan tiga permintaan apa saja, apa saja yang aku minta, kira-kira apa?
  
  Kemudian ingatanku akan terbang ke masa-masa dimana dulu kita sering kali berbagi cerita-cerita rahasia. Berdua.
  Kenangan yang tak lagi ada karena kita pernah berdiri di persimpangan dan memutuskan bahwa apa yang kita jalani saat ini adalah yang terbaik bagi kita. Dan kita meninggalkan semuanya dalam diam. Tanpa bicara.
  Mungkin aku akan meminta akhir yang bahagia denganmu. Hidup bersamamu. Menua, disisimu.
  Iya. Mungkin itu yang akan aku minta.
  
  Tapi bagaimana jika suatu hari mantranya memudar?
  Akankah kehidupan yang telah kita bina perlahan juga akan sirna?
  Semua jalinan yang rapuh karena waktu yang kita lewati ternyata adalah simpul-simpul rapuh yang semu. Apa yang pernah kita sebut sebagai: cinta.
  Dan ternyata aku takut. Takut karena aku tahu aku tak sekuat yang kukira.
  
  Mungkin aku akan meminta agar aku bisa kembali ke masa lalu, dan tidak pernah memiliki kesempatan untuk mengenalmu.
  Mungkin itu lebih baik.
  
  Mungkin lebih baik tak pernah tahu, bahwa kamu nyata.
  Mungkin lebih baik aku terus berkubang dalam duka. Tidak pernah tahu bahwa penghiburan yang kau bawa tak bisa bertahan selamanya.
  Tapi bagaimana jika ternyata sihir itu tak dapat mengalahkan takdir dan pada akhirnya langkah kita pun tetap bersisian?
  Bagaimana bila akhirnya rindu itu tetap terasa tapi aku tak pernah bisa memahami untuk siapa seharusnya rindu itu kurasa?
  
  Mungkin aku akan meminta agar aku bisa berbahagia dengan hidupku saja.
  Mungkin sudah waktunya bagiku untuk mulai menata dengan cara seperti apa aku ingin berbahagia.
  Karena selalu memikirkanmu adalah tanya yang tak pernah ada jawabannya.
  
  Atau mungkin itu yang harus aku minta?
  Aku akan meminta supaya aku cukup kuat untuk mengetahui jawaban dari segala tanya yang pernah ada.
  Tapi bagaimana jika ternyata semua jawaban itu pada akhirnya akan mengguratkan noda hitam pada bayangmu yang dulu kukira sempurna?
  Bagaimana jika semua jawaban yang aku dengar hanya akan melukai apa yang sebenarnya bahkan belum pulih?
  
  Sudah. Aku menyerah saja.
  Kali ini aku akan meminta kamu bahagia. Tiga permintaan ini untukmu saja. Satu, kamu berbahagia. Dua, kamu sehat senantiasa. Tiga, kamu menemukan cinta.
  
  Sungguh, aku tak bisa bermain-main dengan hidup dan kehidupan.
  Tapi harusnya kamu tahu, cinta itu pernah ada.
  Dan untuk terakhir kalinya, aku rindu. Padamu, aku rindu.
  
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  *update satu jam kemudian*
  
  buat yang nanyain ini bukunya tentang apa, jadi buku ini bercerita tentang Stanley dan Arthur, kakak beradik yang kehidupannya jadi gempar setelah bertemu dengan jin botol, Prince Haraz.
  Ada yang familiar dengan seri Flat Stanley? Iya Stanley di buku ini adalah tokoh yang sama di seri Flat Stanley.
  Buku ini juga diterbitkan ulang dengan judul "Stanley and the Magic Lamp" tahun 1986 dengan ilustrasi dari Quentin Blake (yang suka bikin ilustrasi bukunya Roald Dahl).
  
  Duh maaf yah, yang ngereview lagi galau maksimal karena dari pagi mencekoki diri sendiri dengan lagu As You Turn Away berulang-ulang.
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  Nicole

  I'll give this a 3.5 as a combo rating - 3 for me and 4 for my kids. They thought it was fun. We read it together over about a week's time. They enjoyed it. I thought it was cute. There was a good message in it and some fun antics, plus now my kids want a liophant. LOL Anyway, fun fast read as an easy chapter book for mid elementary age readers or as a family read-together book.
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  Christina (Confessions of a Book Addict)

  This was just an ok book for me, but my son loved the idea of a genie granting wishes. I liked how it explained that sometimes wishes backfire and the book requires children to think about the downfalls of a particular wish like being the strongest man alive, famous, etc.
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  Dolly

  This is the second book in the
  Flat Stanley series by
  Jeff Brown. We've heard a lot about Flat Stanley and have participated in a few school projects for both our girls and our niece, taking a "Flat Stanley" to places and photographing him against popular landmarks. So we thought we should check out the books in this series and so far we've liked the stories.
  
  This was an interesting look at what would happen if our wishes came true. It's also a good story to explain why you should be careful what you wish for. The narrative is entertaining and the illustrations are interesting, even if the characters don't match the image we have for Stanley. Our girls really loved the liophant and we enjoyed reading this story together.
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  Ensiform

  Stanley discovers a genie in a lamp, with delightfully whimsical results: he gets a half-lion half-elephant pet called a Liophant; he flies, and Arthur gets super strength, and they foil a robbery; his mother becomes famous and his father magically good at tennis. Of course, it all gets too much for the Lambchops, especially Stanley’s mother, and everything is reversed in the end. It’s another fun story; I think some of Brown’s constructions and word choices are too complicated for kindergarteners to follow, but my class liked it even better than Flat Stanley.
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  Courtney Umlauf

  Decent series, probably best for advanced younger students who need something a little more challenging but still age appropriate.
  
  
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  R

  Really enjoyed this one! Even if Stanley isn't flat anymore. :)
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  Jennifer

  I loved the idea of an "askit basket." Kind of like a portable, magical librarian.
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  bibliophile1996

  Stanley returns but this time while on a day out Stanley comes a cross a lamp buried in the sand. When he finds it he decides to take it home as a present for his mother. When Stanley goes to clean it out comes a genie. At first Stanley uses it for simple things like for help with his homework. But when everyone's begins wishing for everything they want or what they want to change in their lives they realise everything they wanted doesn't turn out to be so great after all. This is a great book for children as it shows them they don't need everything in life to be happy. As they say "be careful what you wish for". Again the writing was simple and easy to understand. The story flowed along nicely. Overall I loved it and will be moving onto the next book very soon.
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  Nicola

  Looks like there are quite a few books in the series, this was the first one that I picked up randomly at the library. There's plenty in it for kids to enjoy from wishing for a Leophant (lion-elephant), to a magical solution to homework, to being flying superheroes and foiling robbers. Miss 3 listened to all of it but wasn't too fussed so we probably won't look for the others in the series.
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  Inge Marry

  The story is truly adventurous and humorous. I love the simplicity of the wording used. It's easy to read for anyone whose mother tongue isn't English. But most of all, I love how the author emphasized the importance of family and that it's ok for one to just be ordinary. Being famous has its own ups and downs.
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  Kaiden Aibhne

  A cute adventure for Flat Stanley and his family when he accidentally plans to give his mother a magic lamp for her birthday but decides to try and shine it first. Pretty predictable ending, and I'll never get over how much their parents don't listen or take anything seriously, but I think kids in the target age range will have a good time with this one.
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  Alina Karapandzich

  I think this would be a fun series for kids to read! Lots of action and adventure and the characters are very silly and unique and interesting. Some black and white illustrations sprinkled throughout.
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  Kelly

  My son and I enjoyed reading this book! We always love books about Stanley. It was cute and had some good messages. It was interesting to me that Stanley is continuing to be normal. I thought he might be going back to being flat in this book.
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  Katie

  Stanley finds a “teapot” that he plans to give to his mother, but when he begins to polish it up, a genie appears! It wasn’t a teapot, but a magic lamp!
  
  Stanley makes some fun wishes for he and his family. But are wishes coming true always what we want? Sometimes they have consequences!
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  Hannah Russell

  The same awkward dialogue as the first, another adorkable plot.
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  Alireza Emami

  خیلی دوست دارم منم یه غول چراغ جادو داشتم
  مثل استنلی
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  Tiffany M.

  Fun book to read with the kids!
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  Chelsea

  Genie books are always fun. The chapters are kind of long in these books, so we have to break them up sometimes.
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  Kaiden Adams

  I loved this book because I love Stanley books. The author put a lot of time and effort into writing this book and the genie was so cool