The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery (Flat Stanleys Worldwide Adventures #2) by Jeff Brown

The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery (Flat Stanleys Worldwide Adventures #2) Reviews

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  Kelly

  This was a cute little read that I enjoyed reading with my son.
  
  Ancient pyramids can be flat-out dangerous!
  Ever since Stanley was flattened by a bulletin board, there are places he can get to that no one else can. So when Stanley receives a letter from an archaeologist, he travels by airmail to Egypt to help find an ancient treasure deep in the heart of a great pyramid. But what if even the flattest boy on earth can’t wriggle out of this dark tomb—and the terrible mess he finds himself in?
  
  This was a funny and mysterious read. I loved the lessons hidden in this book, from doing the right thing to trusting your friends and being kind to your family. The ending made us giggle so much.
  
  4 stars
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  McKenzie Richardson

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  This was an okay read.
  
  I think I was just too much in a rational mindset to enjoy this book. I can suspend my disbelief enough to accept that Stanley was flattened by a bulletin board while sleeping in the original book series. I can even pretend that you can send a flat human being through the US Postal Service. But I just can't get over the ridiculousness that Stanley's "goose disks" (flat goose bumps) would allow him to stick to walls like a starfish. He is wearing a long-sleeved shirt and pants. How does he have enough exposed skin to stick to the wall, ignoring the fact that human pores (even if flat) do not turn into suction cups? This was just too much for me. Apparently I am too much of a grown up for this part of the series. This whole thing just doesn't make sense. 
  
  The entire book was pretty ridiculous with tons of plot holes. It is a pretty typical "Egyptian" story full of treasure in secret tombs and creepy mummies. There's a fairly predictable "twist", but the story seems kind of lazy. While there are some facts about Egypt at the end of the book, the story is based on various stereotypes and misunderstandings about Egypt. Though I have not been to Egypt, I don't think anyone there says "Holy sarcophagus!" This book is based on a very basic concept of Egypt, mainly that there are really old pyramids that people try to steal from. 
  
  I actually really enjoyed the original Flat Stanley chapter book, but this one is just too ridiculous. It fells like an attempt to imitate the Magic Treehouse books, but is a complete failure. This thing makes no sense. Did not enjoy.
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  Chance Hansen

  It's easy to give this one a hard time. You can't take it seriously... Let's see how seriously.
  
  Cover
  This cover is sort of cool. It has depth and dimension while looking flat. This cover looks nice
  
  Interior
  Story
  It's standard Egypt with serious privilege's and I mean serious privilege's. I thought Amisi's father what amazing. I love the fixation with flattening his daughter and the objection he gets from his family. But you can see it's an American family mentality on display. Also Egyptian bats are too big for a 3 inch space in a pyramid to live let alone fly and now Egypt now created the elevator button. Over all I can't say it's bad. I didn't get it but I think I looked too critical at it.
  The plot's a bit busted if you look to hard but it's full of imagination and playfulness. Just don't use the story to write a factual essay about Egypt.
  
  
  Illustrations
  Their great, fun, playful, imaginative. Not much to say the illustrations really sell the story on this one.
  
  After Thoughts
  
  So the names they used are not surprisingly Egyptian and almost has a cleaver twist.
  Abu meaning Father
  Shenti meaning Hairy
  Hawara being an actual archaeological site in Egypt.
  and
  Amisi meaning flower.
  
  If I didn't know better I would assume Abu Hawara was a play on being a Grave Robber.
  
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  AMY

  81 pages. Very funny story and well-written. The series is very popular at my school. Recommended for elementary kids.
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  Patty

  Jackson's review: I love a good mystery!
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  Julie

  Flat Stanley books are all pretty similar, but they are great for new readers. My son read this one aloud to me.
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  Alice English

  Love Flat Stanley
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  Dahlgren General Library

  DA100000029919
  
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  Becky

  read to my class
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  Aaron

  Good but short
  
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  Denise

  Fun ninja quick read for kids.
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  Tisha

  Stanley goes to Egypt and is brother is jealous (as always).
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  Pop Bop

  An Upbeat and Well Written Addition to the Flat Stanley Shelf
  
  These are very cool books with an interesting history. The original Flat Stanley appeared in 1964 and five more books appeared between then and 2003. When the original author, Jeff Brown, passed away in 2003, the series was converted to the "...Worldwide Adventures" line. These new books, (there are at least ten), have been written by a variety of authors.
  
  This adventure was written by Sara Pennypacker, the well known author of the very engaging "Clementine" books. (Clementine is a cheerful, high-energy girl who always has the best intentions but whose efforts, (say, cutting the neighbor girl's hair), often end up in disaster.)
  
  In this episode Flat Stanley is mailed to Egypt to help explore a recently discovered tomb. He's the logical choice since he can fit between cracks in the stones. There are grave robbers, skullduggery and lurking.
  
  These books have more going for them than just the "flat" gimmick, although that is a pretty good hook. The overall vibe is one of gung-ho good-guy adventure. The deadpan acceptance by everyone of Stanley's flatness has a pretty subtle positive message. The good-guys versus bad-guys angle is always clear and crisply presented. There is a lot of dry humor and just a little bit of an arch kidding of the material in the narrative. For an early chapter book there is actually a surprisingly generous helping of interesting facts about Egypt, including tombs, hieroglyphics, the culture and geography, and so on.
  
  So, while at one level the books are sort of silly, they are written with flair and energy and touch a lot of early readers' favorite bases. Certainly this book would be a zippy and engaging addition to the library and a nice choice to try on an early reader.
  
  Please note that I found this book while browsing the local library's Kindle books, and downloaded it for free. I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.
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  Treasa

  This was such a fun book! It is more or less the same reading level as the Magic Tree House series, but it is much better written and, in my opinion, is much more interesting. The high quality of writing is actually one of the reasons I liked this book so much. (The book is actually written by Sara Pennypacker, although the author is listed here as Jeff Brown, the creator of Flat Stanley.) I knew I was going to like the book when, on page 5, I came across this exchange:
  
  "'But I am only half an inch thick.' Stanley sighed. 'So that's me, all right.'
  "'I,' Mrs. Lambchop corrected her son. 'That is I.'"
  
  People using "I" correctly is practically unheard of in books (or anywhere) today, so I was very excited by this.
  
  The story is fairly simple: Stanley is asked to come help with an archaeological dig in Egypt. When he gets there, he discovers that the people he is working for are not as honest as he thought. He must find a way to save the day.
  
  I highly recommend this book. I haven't read the rest of the series, but I suspect those books are just as good.
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  Asield014

  I like this book because I enjoy reading adventure and mystery books. I also like this book because I thought that it was interesting and fun to read. I choose 5 stars for this book because I enjoyed reading the book and I thought that it could have been a little bit of more interesting but not that much. I also think that it was still a good book.
  This book really entertained me which made me want to read more of them. This book also reminded me since it talked about egypt I remembered that we were learning and doing a project on egypt. I also liked this book because I know some things about egypt now so I liked it more. I also liked this book because I had some connections to the book.
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  Mary

  I reviewed this soon to be released book for HarperCollins Children's Books. What a great little book! Flat Stanley (an original Jeff Brown character of 45 years ago) is being brought back by another author using the writing style of Mr. Benson. This time the book series will be about history. Each story will have an adventure happening in a place rich with history that becomes part of the story. The book was about 85 pages which kids will like.
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  Trent Welbaum

  Ever since Stanley was flattened by a bulletin board, he is able to get into places that nobody else can. Stanley receives a letter from an archaeologist in Egypt letting Stanley know that he needs Stanley's help. They are looking for an ancient treasure that is hidden in one of the great pyramids, but there is only a small little hole that Stanley can fit through. Will Stanley be able to find the hidden treasure?
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  VerJean

  Flat Stanley is a bit "flat" now that I've read how he came about.
  Since we move geocaching travel bugs around the country and they are sometimes compared to Flat Stanley - I needed to catch up on Stanley's "roots".
  Clap Clap - I was getting annoyed at the villian's rude hand-clapping, too.
  Cute for kidlets.
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  Earline

  I was looking for a children's fiction series for an "Around the World" theme, and discovered the Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures. I was hoping this story about Egypt would include more educational aspects (about contemporary or historical Egypt), but instead it was a fun adventure with Egyptian looters. Overall this story wasn't bad, but there are others in the series I enjoy more.
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  Nancy

  Xander got this book at the book fair. We read it together. Fun new adventures for Flat Stanley. We've read all the original books and now there are new stories. I think Xander will want to read the other new ones too.
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  BigBrother

  The great Egyptian grave robbery whas very good.the problem is that grave robbers are steling stof from Pyramids. they fix it by calling the police.I learnd that Egypt is in Africa.The story is a bout flat Stanley.
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  Erin

  We read this in the doctor's office while getting multiple rounds of allergy shots. It kept my son's mind off of things and entertained at the same time. He was highly upset that the library did not have the next book in the series when we went to get it later in the day.
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  Ethan

  I like that Flat Stanley almost had to go into a tomb. That would be scary.
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  Tal

  yet another great flat stanley story! i would have liked more body to this story. it was quite to the point - mystery solved - everyone ends up happy except the bad guy gets what he deserves.