Flat Stanley Arrives in Canberra

Flat Stanley arrived at the East Family's house in Canberra yesterday. Flat Stanley is a friend of Gabrielle Northrup from Lehi, in Utah, in the USA. Gabrielle's class at school have just finished reading the book, Flat Stanley. Because Stanley is flat, he is able to travel by mail anywhere in the world.

Gabrielle's mum is a friend of Elissa East, the mum of the East Family, who live in Canberra in Australia. Gabrielle's Mum asked Elissa if Stanley could come and stay with us for a week, and we said yes.

We thought we'd provide a copy of Stanley's journal online so that Gabrielle and her class could see what he gets up to "Down Under".

Flat Stanley arrived by mail yesterday (Monday) afternoon. He was a bit jet lagged from the long trip - it took 13 days to get to Australia from the USA by mail. He was glad to get out of the envelope and have a stretch. He got introduced to the member's of the East Family. Adam, who is the Dad, Elissa who is the Mum (we pointed out that in Australia, we say Mum and not Mom)  and three children - Jayde, who is 9, Seth who is 7 and Jewel who is 5 years old. It's a shame Stanley is only here for a week, because Jayde and Jewel have their birthday's soon, and he'll miss out on their parties.

We pointed out that although Canberra is only a small city, of about 300,000 people, it is the Capital City of Australia. We also pointed out, that Stanley might get a bit warm here. Even though it is winter in the USA, it is summer here in Australia.