My good friend (and sister) Mrs. Burtoft is a teacher at The Edge Academy in Akron, Ohio. She's pretty proud of her students and she tells me all about them whenever we get the chance to talk.

A few weeks ago, she asked me if I'd ever heard of "The Flat Stanley Project". I told her it sounded familiar.

She didn't give me too many details, but she told me to be on the lookout for a very special envelope from her classroom.

Oh, by the way - I should probably mention that I live about 3,000 miles away from Mrs. Burtoft.

My name's Jeremy. My wife and I live in Long Beach, California.

That guy over on the right? He's Flat Stanley.