Flat Emma’s Adventures

Flat Emma, like Flat Stanley, was sent to California in an envelop to visit her cousins. She spent the day with her cousin, Noah, on his 7th birthday. The next day she flew with me to Florida to visit some more of her cousins. She had an unscheduled stop in Atlanta, Georgia and arrived in Florida a day late. She was just in time to help her cousin, Brian, celebrate his 6th  birthday.

Flat Emma also visited the University of Florida Museum of Natural History with her cousins, Brian, Abby and Nora. She saw the Colombian Mammoth skeleton. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flat Emma and her cousins learned that this mammoth’s remains were found in river sediment with tools used by Florida’s first human inhabitants, which means that one people and huge elephant like animals roamed around Florida together! Next Flat Emma went to the Seepage Bog  exhibit with its carnivorous plants

and listened to the sounds of all the insects and birds that live in Florida’s bogs.

Our next stop was The Discovery Room where Flat Emma got to take a ride in the museum's wind tunnel

Flat Emma is back in California now and is planning more adventures with her cousin, Noah, this week.

Flat Stanley and His New Pal Flat Emma

Forty eight years ago, Jeff Brown wrote a book called Flat Stanley. One night, while he was sleeping, a huge bulletin board fell on Stanley.  When he woke up he was four feet tall, one foot wide and  1/2 inch thick. In the first book, Stanley was sealed in an envelop and mailed off to California to vacation with friends.

The real Emma lives in Minnesota. She is in the first grade. Flat Emma arrived in an envelop in California on Friday. On Sunday, she is going to visit her cousin in Roseville to help him celebrate his seventh birthday. On Monday, she is boarding a plane to Florida to visit some more cousins and to help one of those cousins celebrate his sixth birthday. Stay tuned for a glimpse of Flat Emma’s adventures.