| The Voyage of QV66 | |
| Author: | Penelope Lively |
| Illustrator: | Harold Jones |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Children's novel |
| Publisher: | Heinemann |
| Release 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".
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.