When he inadvertently injures a Chinese acrobat performing at his school auditorium, Stanley travels with the brother and sister duo to Beijing where he trains to perform for the president of China.
Confident that Stanley can succeed where international spies and thieves have failed, Stanley's mom, who loves to cook, mails him to Mexico to get a secret herbal ingredient that she must have.
Flat Stanley lets his new friend Nick use him for a snowboard, but strong winds interrupt their fun, sending Stanley and Nick on an arctic Canadian adventure.
Flat Stanley travels to Washington D.C. to receive a special award from the President herself, but even after all his adventures, he is still not sure if he deserves to be called a hero.
"Hoping to escape the attention brought on by the accident that flattened Stanley, the Lambchop family drives to South Dakota, where they become involved in a wild west adventure at Mount Rushmore."--Provided by publisher.