Join Stanley Lambchop for three exciting adventures! Flat Stanley The timeless story of Stanley becoming just half an inch thick: thin enough to posted to his friends. Stanley in Space No longer flat but still adventurous Stanley & his family take off for some inter-galactic diplomacy! Stanley Flat Again! It can be fun being flat but for Stanley the real thing is how to get round again? ...

Flat Stanley Stanley Lambchop wakes up one morning to find a notice-board has dropped on him in the night leaving him happy & healthy but only half an inch thick. It's a little unusual but he finds he can fly like a kite be sent on holiday through the post & can use his special new skills to catch some art thieves. Still he's glad when his brother Arthur thinks to use the bicycle pump to inflate him back to his normal shape. ...

Stanley Lambchop is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary problem. One night a giant pinboard falls on top of him leaving him completely flat. At first Stanley enjoys the benefits of his strange predicament
- it can be fun going in out of rooms simply by sliding under the door. & it's a hoot being posted to your friends in California for a holiday. But it's not always easy being different & once the novelty begins to wear off Stanley wishes he could be just like everybody else again. But how will he ever fill out?
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This is a thrilling lights-flashing siren-whirring story about everyones favourite flat boy! Stanley & his brother Arthur have won a trip to visit the local fire station! But its not quite as exciting as theyd hoped. Where is the sliding down the pole? Where are the sirens & flashing lights? Then all of a sudden theres a Code Nine call & the whole Lambchop family are whizzing off to the rescue in a fire engine. ...

This is a funny spooky story about everyones favourite flat boy! Stanley & his brother Arthur are going to their schools Halloween party. They dress up in costumes & Stanley is particularly looking forward to the limbo competition. Theyre rather disappointed by the haunted house though
- its really not very scary. But when they see a bully upsetting their friend Martin they decide to teach him a lesson
- by being very scary indeed.

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A fresh new look for the one-&-only 2D hero! Stanley in Space The President of the United States chooses Stanley & his family to become the first humans aboard a new top-secret spaceship. Stanley will meet the Queen of England have his birthday in outer space & face a city full of aliens! ...

Join Stanley Lambchop for two sparkling stories in one book! In Stanley & the Magic Lamp" Stanley finds a real genie inside a teapot. Now his family can wish for anything: fame a magical pet superpowers. But being famous can be exhausting. Can Stanley reverse the wishes? In " Stanleys Christmas Adventure" Santa Claus is fed up. No one appreciates Christmas any more so why should he deliver any presents? But Christmas must be saved. Can Stanley help?" ...

Depressed by her expanding waistline Kate Adams set out to lose weight
- & keep it off for good. Six months later & over two stone
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Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels we learn an enormous amount about the writers work family lovers thought processes health & obsessions. But we also gradually come to learn some important & shocking details about Geoffrey himself. ...

Ever wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspiration for what to do with a bundle of beetroot? The Flavour Thesaurus is the first book to examine what goes with what pair by pair. The book is divided into flavour themes including Meaty Cheesy Woodland & Floral Fruity. Within these sections it follows the form of Roget's Thesaurus listing 99 popular ingredients alphabetically & for each one suggesting flavour matchings that range from the classic to the bizarre. You can expect to find traditional pairings such as pork & apple lamb & apricot & cucumber & dill; contemporary favourites like chocolate & chilli & goat's cheese & beetroot; & interesting but unlikely-sounding couples including black pudding & chocolate lemon & beef blueberry & mushroom & watermelon & oyster. There are nearly a thousand entries in all with 200 recipes & suggestions embedded in the text. Beautifully packaged The Flavour Thesaurus is not only a highly useful & covetable reference book for cooking
- it might keep you up at night reading.
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