The author, environmental expert Sarah Roberts, is well placed to deliver this important message about plastic pollution, but she has also created a poignant narrative with a deft lightness of touch that will charm children as well as educate them.

Understanding the World ELG: Past and Present. Know some similarities and differences between things in the past and now, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class; There are a number of similes in the story (e.g. as rough as barnacles, as vast as a cave). Can you think of any others? Stanley swept into the sea with a splash and a splish. 'Perhaps he's one of us?' thought the other jellyfish. But his stripes were too straight and his tentacles too few. He just floated in the sea, not sure what to do. You see, Stanley was no ordinary jellyfish." A realistic look at what happens when a plastic bag is tossed in the ocean. Readers meet Stanley who doesn't fit in with the other jellyfish. He is eaten by several sea creatures but always coughed up until a turtle chokes and cannot remove the bag. A young boy comes and rescues the turtle. He does repurpose Stanley as well.Such a clever concept and hilarious at the same time! Cannot wait to read to KS1 classes - have already read it to most of the close adults in my life and they all think it's brilliant!

Stanley is a plastic bag and the story follows his journey through ocean where he stumbles upon a number of creatures before eventually being reused. I read this book over FaceTime to my 5 year old niece and she absolutely loved the story, the characters and was able to relate to the moral of the book too which I think is testament to the clever way it has been written. This thought-provoking picture book charts the eventful journey made by Stanley, a discarded plastic carrier bag, who is swept into the sea. As he drifts through the ocean waves, he is mistaken for a jellyfish and swallowed by a series of unsuspecting animals. The title of the book features alliteration. Can you find other stories with alliterative titles? Could you make up some story titles that include it?Read to my three year old at bedtime, who cried out, frustrated, about three quarters of the way through “this is boah-wing to me! It’s yust Stanley gets swallowed again and again!”. We switched to something else, which she listened to for precisely 22 seconds before she was dead asleep. So I don’t think her review was legit. I really liked the illustration, myself. She sort of has a point about the story, but that’s just, like, her opinion, man. TL;DR: exhausted child irrationally hates everything. Understanding the World ELG: The Natural World. Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class. In this activity, your Ks1 class will read through the sentences and add in the capital letters and full stops to punctuate the sentences. Somebody swallowed Stanley is a brilliant and clever book that educates children on the dangers of plastic pollution. My daughter, who loves all things ocean was very moved by this book. Naturalist and conservationist Sarah Roberts tells the story of Stanley who is a plastic bag that is dropped into the ocean. Ocean Animals confuse Stanley for jellyfish and find themselves coughing and choking while trying to swallow him. In the end a child finds Stanley and recycles him into a kite. He does this as opposed to binning him which I thought was astute.