In 2011, Kristina Sumolang sent a Flat Stanley to then-President Barack Obama at the White House. Weeks later, she got a letter back. She recently shared that letter on TikTok and went viral for ...

Wood asked her students to send their Stanley cut-outs to relatives or friends, who would then take them on a journey and detail the characters' exploits in a letter back.

Anson Graft, 10, poses with his Flat Stanley class assignment that he mailed to the White House. He received an official letter from the White House thanking him for sending his class assignment ...

Students sent Stanley cut-outs to relatives or friends, who would then take them on a journey and write a letter back.

It was nice to see people have the Flat Stanley project as this shared experience. I just remember being so excited as a 1st grader to receive that letter.

Anson Graft was participating in a "Flat Stanley" project for a class assignment. The 10-year-old thought he'd do something different - send Flat Stanley to The White House.

“Dear Mrs. Fosbery,” Nathan’s letter begins. “I am sending Flat Stanley to you for a class project. We are learning about stories and storytelling. I would like to learn about Stanley’s ...

When 10-year-old Anson Graft sent his friend Flat Stanley to Washington, little did he know the President of the United States would thank him personally.

Chronicle/Kendra Stanley-MillsDiynasti Dowell, 9, sits with her packet of materials she received from the White House after sending the storybook character "Flat Stanley" to President Obama ...

SUTHERLAND - Sutherland first-graders learned the wonder of mailing and receiving letters this spring. For a class project, each student mailed a paper doll named Sailor Stanley to friends or ...

Part of the letter read, “Your decision to send Flat Stanley to Washington shows that you understand the importance of being active in the life of our great nation.

Kristina Sumolang read Flat Stanley with her 1st grade class in 2011 While classmates picked friends and family members who lived far away to send the token to, Sumolang talked to her family and ...