Full of masterful puns and the childhood magic that creates a winning toy from a simple stick, this picture book is filled with marvelous flights of fancy

Stanley's stick is not just a stick. With a stick in hand, Stanley's options are endless—he flies to the moon, writes in the sand, goes fishing, plays a whistle, and rides a dinosaur—and his imagination takes over and the magic begins. Stanley shows that seeing truly depends on the ability to believe in the possibilities. This book celebrates the power of ingenuity that allows children to use the most mundane of objects to create their own scenes and worlds, and act out stories.

John Hegley is a poet, comedian, musician, songwriter, and the author of My Dog Is a Carrot. Neal Layton has illustrated more than 40 books, and won the Smarties prize for Oscar and Arabella, which he wrote and illustrated.