The Voyage of QV66

The Voyage of QV66

First edition.
Author	Penelope Lively
Illustrator	Harold Jones
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Children's novel
Publisher	Heinemann
Publication date	1978
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	192 pp
ISBN	0-434-94898-5

The Voyage of QV66 is a children's novel by Penelope Lively. It is set in a strange, flooded, somewhat post-apocalyptic England devoid of people, and centres on a group of animals consisting of a dog, a cat, a cow, a horse, a pigeon, and a mysterious character named "Stanley".

Plot

The characters travel in a boat (the titular QV66) with the intention of reaching London Zoo so that they can discover what Stanley is. They have a number of adventures along the way, including being joined by a parrot, several characters losing their way in a balloon, and Stanley himself getting locked in a bank vault. It is eventually revealed that Stanley is a monkey.