Stanley Lambchop has met several U.S. presidents, been on the space shuttle, gone to the Olympics, and appeared on the hottest TV shows. He’s traveled all over the world, met ordinary people and celebrities alike, and yet he’s just an average guy. Of course, he does have one remarkable quality: he’s flat.

Flat Stanley was first introduced to children in 1964, in a book of the same name by author Jeff Brown. When a bulletin board falls on Stanley and flattens him, he learns how to make the most of his flat-ness, even visiting far-off friends by traveling in an envelope.

As the books grew in popularity, teachers began to recognize the potential of a flat little boy who fits in an envelope. As an alternative to standard pen pal letters, Flat Stanley exchanges began to crop up between students, teachers and classrooms as a way to have meaningful exchanges with people in other countries and cultures.

A documentary about Flat Stanley and his global impact will be told with the same gentle humor and zaniness that make the books so endearing. The film will take a trip around the globe, following Flat Stanleys everywhere, to tell some of the amazing stories that have happened to this little flat guy who came to life one night as a bedtime story for Jeff Brown’s children.