Stanley's Stick

Stanley’s Stick is a teaming-up of hefty talents – glorious poet John Hegley and Neal Layton, illustrator of the much-loved Emily Brown picturebooks. Stanley’s stick is not just a stick. With a stick in hand, Stanley’s options are endless – he flies to moon, writes in the sand, goes fishing, plays a whistle and rides a dinosaur – and his imagination takes over and the magic begins. Hegley’s lyrical prose captures the free-wheeling expressiveness of childhood, and Layton’s deceptively simple illustrations are full of wit and character. Sweet, magical and thoroughly entertaining, this is Hegley and Layton’s first collaboration.