![]() Author Jeff Brown was supportive of the Hubert’s efforts (after all, it meant significant increase in book sales for him), but when he died in 2003, things started getting dicey. Hubert even received the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition for his work. People, mainly kids, send in photos of Flat Stanley posing at various landmarks (including the accompanying Alcatraz photo) and shots of celebrities and cultural figures posing with the cutout. Since 1995, Hubert has run the not-for-profit Flat Stanley Project, including the web site and seen the popularity of his effort grow into a worldwide phenomena. While Jeff Brown was the author of the Flat Stanley books, it was Hubert who picked up an old copy of a then obscure book, came up with the idea of having kids in his class color and mail out copies of the Flat Stanley character to other kids who would contribute to a written journal of Flat Stanley’s adventures, starting what would become the Flat Stanley Project. I happened to notice an article in my local newspaper (yes, I still read papers old-school style on dead wood instead of online- at least on weekends) that brought up the plight of London, Ontario teacher Dale Hubert. I would have put up a photo, but you know how it is- they don’t allow cameras inside. But that doesn’t mean the little guy isn’t in a mess of controversy and courtroom drama. Is it true? Could this favorite two-dimensional, globetrotting, camera hogging, celebrity-consorting, children’s book character really be going to The Slammer? The Big House? Well, fortunately that’s not going to happen.
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