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Stanley Said No

Sue Meikle author Denis Angelov illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Publishing:16th Jul '26

£7.99

This title is due to be published on 16th July, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Stanley Said No cover

A laugh-out-loud story about the perils of always saying ‘no’, brings together a brilliant new picture book duo, Sue Meikle and Denis Angelov.


Stanley is a boy who loves to say ‘NO!’ And once he starts, he just can't stop.

He doesn’t want to sit sensibly on the bus. . .
He doesn’t want to hold his mum's hand. . .
And ‘NO!’, he doesn’t want to wait in line!

But one day on a trip to a museum, Stanley discovers that saying no can have monstrous consequences. Can Stanley find his way out of a sticky situation, or will he bite off more than he can chew?

ISBN: 9780241760833

Dimensions: 285mm x 232mm x 5mm

Weight: 100g

32 pages