For the month of January, Adley and Sage Ward, both of Preeceville played host to Flat Stanley, a character from the book series named after him, said Leslea Hanson, their mother.
Flat Stanley was part of a school project for the girls鈥� cousin, Alexis Sheets of Camrose, Alta. Alexis is a Grade 3 student learning about Canada鈥檚 dynamic communities in her social studies class.
Sheets wrote an introductory letter that stated her class had read about Flat Stanley in the original book by Jeff Brown. The book is about a young boy named Stanley who is accidentally squished 鈥渁s flat as a pancake鈥� when a bulletin board falls on him while he was asleep. Despite being very flat, Stanley was fine and began travelling the world by envelope because he can and travel is expensive.
Flat Stanleyhas been used as a way for students all over the world to connect and communicate with one another, said Hanson.
Tucked into an envelope, Stanley travelled from Camrose at the beginning of January and visited in Preeceville for the month.
He accompanied Adley and Sage on many adventures, including a visit to their grandparents鈥� farm, as well as tours of the fire hall and both schools, reported Hanson. He learned about ice fishing, cheered for Sage as she put on skates for the first time, and watched Adley at her figure skating and gymnastics lessons.
Flat Stanley waited until the Mushers鈥� Rendezvous was over to pack his bags and head back to Camrose to report on everything he had seen, she said. He was quite excited for the dog sled races after seeing the window displays going up in mid-January.
Stanley became a source of conversation as he was seen out and about and had photographs taken of his adventures. The pictures were posted on social media to share with his creator. Adley and Sage even shared a couple of his storybooks with their friends at nursery school.
鈥淭here was a lot more that we could have shown Stanley with more time and better weather,鈥� said Hanson.
To document his trip, Stanley had several photographs to share with Sheets, a journal about how he spent his time, some brochures about Preeceville, and a couple souvenirs he had picked up.
鈥淲e are grateful to be able to participate in this fun project and share information about our community,鈥� concluded Hanson.
