An absolute delight of a madcap story for the young (and young-at-heart) by New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with equal parts pirates and piranhas, adventure and aliens, oddity and love.
I bought the milk, said my father. I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this: t h u m m t h u m m. I looked up and saw a huge silver disc hovering in the air above Marshall Road.
Hullo, I said to myself. That's not something you see every day. And then something odd happened.
Find out just how odd things get in this hilarious story of time travel and breakfast cereal, expertly told by Newbery Medalist and bestselling author Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Skottie Young.
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/17/2013
ISBN: 9780062224071
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.80d
Award: Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee
Award: Nene Award - Nominee
Award: Massachusetts Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Great Stone Face Book Award - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Nominee
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2013
Booklist 07/01/2013 pg. 74
Publishers Weekly 07/15/2013
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2013 pg. 89
School Library Journal 10/01/2013 pg. 102
Shelf Awareness 09/27/2013
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2013 pg. 92
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 160992 / Fortunately, the Milk
Reading Level: 4.3 /
Interest Level: Lower Grade /
Point Value: 1