Stanley’s thrown his party - and braved his wild ride. Now Stanley and his pals embark on an adventure that makes sea dogs of them all!
It’s picnic time in the park - but not for Stanley. He knows he’s not supposed to beg, but his people are always eating. And Stanley is always hungry! After he’s told to get, Stanley wanders down by the river where he runs into Alice, Nutsy and Gassy Jack.
Soon their keen noses lead them to a delicious treat on a small boat with no people in sight. When the boat’s mooring comes loose, they float away with the current down the river, under a bridge and then out to sea! It’s a scary new world where the sky stretches in every direction and big waves crash. The dogs know that when you’re Outside, sooner or later you always come to a fence. When suddenly through the mist they see what looks like a very tall fence, they know they’ve come to the End of Outside! But what kind of fence is this? Ages 3-7 AUTHOR: Linda Bailey is the author of over 18 books for children, including the Stevie Diamond Mysteries series, the Good Times Travel Agency series and Stanley’s Party. She is the winner of numerous awards, including the Silver Birch Award, the Red Cedar Award, the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award, the B.C. Book Prize and the Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada. Born in Winnipeg, she traveled around the world in her 20s and then moved to Vancouver, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Education at the University of British Columbia. Bill Slavin was born February 12, 1959, in Belleville, Ontario, the seventh of eight children. He illustrated his first book, The Adventures of Zok the Caveman, when he was seven. It was published in an edition of one. He has been writing and illustrating ever since. He has illustrated over sixty children’s books, fiction and non-fiction, including Stanley’s Party by Linda Bailey, winner of the 2004 Blue Spruce Award, the B.C. Book Prize Christie Harris Illustrated Book Award and the Canadian Librarian Association’s Amelia Frances Howard Gibbon Illustrator’s Medal.
Colour illustrations