Although still rather silly, it’s a great little story, and probably deserves a bit more time than I took for it (who knows, I might buy a copy yet). They’re what makes the book come to life, and what makes the book decidedly un-stupid. It’s a great and funny children’s book, although it must be said that without Skottie Young’s absurd illustrations the book wouldn’t be half as good. I wasn’t quite sure if I really liked it, but you gotta love Neil Gaiman. My immediate reaction after closing the book was “well, that was odd”. And the need to fetch milk at the corner shop results in a wacky, wild adventure for the father to tell his kids, neither of whom really believe him. In true Gaiman style, a bottle (or rather, two bottles) of milk manage to save the world fortunately, the father has the milk still in his pocket after a whole series of improbable adventures involving aliens who want to remodel the world, a dinosaur with a time machine, and more. That said, it’s a great little story, and it has wonderfully wacky illustrations, which could use a little more time if you’ve got it. I’m just going to write a short review, since it took me a short time to read Fortunately, the Milk (actually probably like ten minutes in a bookstore). This is one of the weirdest books I’ve read in a while.
‘ 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.” I looked up and saw a huge silver disc hovering in the air above Marshall Road.’ ‘ Hullo, I said to myself. ‘I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this: T h u m m t h u m m. Nothing else that you could put on cereal, unless you think that ketchup or mayonnaise or pickle juice would be nice on your Toastios, which I do not, and neither did my little sister, although she has eaten some pretty weird things in her day, like mushrooms in chocolate.
Lots and lots of pictures, all drawn by Skottie Young: a man who knows one end of a pen from another, and draws with the pointy bit a man who has won awards for his drawing a man who knows what a time travelling stegosaurus in a hot air balloon looks like a man of bronze.There was only orange juice in the fridge. "Are we actually living in the present as we believe, or are we actually, as dinosaur Professor Steg claims, living in the far far future? "Will evil aliens redecorate by replacing all of Earth's trees with throw-cushions, and replace Australia with an enormous decorative dinner plate with a picture of Australia on it? "What happens when you open a door on a spaceship and let the space time continuum in? "Fortunately, The Milk is the only book I have ever written that tackles the Big Questions. And it may even destroy the universe, if he isn't careful. "And I haven't even mentioned the ponies.
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