Fortunately, the Milk
Written by Neil Gaiman
Narrated by Neil Gaiman
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About this audiobook
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.
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https://www.neilgaiman.com/
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Readers find this title to be a delightful and imaginative children's story. It is lighthearted and perfect for quiet time or bedtime reading. The author, Neil Gaiman, has a great balance of silliness and interesting storytelling. The book is funny and entertaining, captivating both kids and adults. Although there are some technical issues with the audiobook, overall it is a great distraction and a fun experience. The story revolves around a dad's adventure to buy milk, encountering peculiar creatures along the way. It is a quick and enjoyable read that brings joy and laughter to readers of all ages.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Incredible short story with a lot of imagination put into it. Neil Gaiman never ceases to surprise!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved this book. My dad may not have told such stories after going to get milk, but he is definitely the kind who would. This book is the perfect tribute to fatherly trolling. And it has everything that a dad coming up with a story on the spot would have. Dinosaurs. Pirates. Aliens. Time travel. Vampires. All mixed up and told with just the barest possible covering of logic. And the kid's interruptions are exactly what the reader is thinking. And what can you say, when your dad says "well, this is what happened"? You just have to accept it and try to catch him later, when he's least expecting it. This book captures perfectly the best parts of the teasing that kids and dads share. Reading this book evoked memories of the crazy stories told to us by my dad and grandpa. Helping J.K Rowling write Harry Potter. Knowing the real Harry Potter. Stories with Star Wars, Star Trek and Planet of the Apes mixed in. All backed up with little gadgets and details. Read this book to your kids. Or make up a story just as good. Read this book as an adult and remember those times your dad told an awesome story you didn't believe, but then turned out to be absolutely true because your dad was really cool before you were born.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I purchased the box set containing this, Coraline, and The Graveyard book. Of the 3, this is definitely the most silly and childlike.This is a very cute story, with amazing artwork!! My children really love this one. I thoroughly enjoyed it myself.......and was delighted by Twilight reference.This is another must have by Gaiman!!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Absolutely chaotic!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Silly little sci-fi story for kids seven and up.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I just listened to the audiobook version of this for the first time, which Neil Gaiman narrates, and it was AWESOME. He does excellent voices for all of the dinosaurs and aliens and vampires throughout the story. Anytime Neil Gaiman reads for one of his own audiobooks, I love it, but this one was particularly enjoyable.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Amusing light fantasy and a good choice for bedtime reading, though a little expensive for how short a story it is. I think I probably would've liked the UK version's illustrations better -- the pictures of the tribal characters in this are definitely politically incorrect.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5So good!! Eu amei este livrinho, maravilhoso. E haja imaginação!!?
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Honestly scribd I think you can fix the bug that’s not letting me relisten to stuff but it is still a good book
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5So clever! So much talent in 41 minutes! I loved it
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Super fun story my grandson and I loved it. Y
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good story for young adults. Takes a bit of imagination to read
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It was cute and fun to listen too ?☺️ Perfect for a short car ride with kids
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautiful. Just beautiful. Neil gaiman cann always keep a good balance of silly and interesting.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I think it’s a great book . It’s fun fiction
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5So funnny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it . Greatest parental excuse ever
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Delightfully silly. Very relaxing little stream of consciousness adventure about the importance of milk.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5O livro mais divertido que li nos ultimos tempos!
É uma leitura muito gostosa e super rapidinha. A narração do Neil Gaiman no audiobook tornou tudo ainda mais encantador.
Como não adorar a história de um pai humano que sai para comprar leite para seus filhos e encontra todo tipo de criatura peculiar no caminho? Aliens, dinossauros espaciais e piratas em um balão voador... Me parece a combinação perfeita. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One for the bookshelf of my future kids methinks :D
Nice and zany :D - Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I love the series until this book they basically took the main character out of the story.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5So funny! My kids (ages 10, 8 and 6), sat mesmerized. I needed a good audiobook to introduce them to "non TV" entertainment and this was it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I thought this was fun, I definitely enjoy Gaiman's middle grade more than his adult works. This was just silly and a very quick read, and I loved his narration of it. My daughter really enjoyed this and we read it in one sitting, with the audio on but flipping through along with it to see the illustrations.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hysterically funny children's book. My kids would have loved it when they were little. I quite enjoyed it as an adult!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Having finished the book, I sat it down on the table for my dad to ready next. He said, “you finished the whole book?” I replied, “I finished the whole book.” Daddy corrected, “No you didn’t. You giggled through the whole book.”This is the story of a father who went out to get the milk and came back a little later than his kids would have liked. They assumed he just got held up taking with a neighbor, but no. He went on an adventure involving a stegosaurus in a hot air balloon time machine, pirates, aliens, wumpires, and cannibals. Fortunately, he and the milk survived. Why are you still reading this? Go get the book now!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Scribd cuts off the last 6 minutes of the book, for some reason. Which is a shame because it was excellent up to that point.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5i really didn't like the illustrations so stringy or something. the story was just ok.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A lovely lighthearted make believe story. All my kids enjoyed it for quiet time.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Fun, but not up to Gaiman's usual standards for a children's book. This is in large part just because it's written for a younger audience than his other children's books. I think this book is meant to be read aloud by a parent to a child, with excitement, big gestures, and interaction. It's almost like a very lengthy, wordy picture-book, but just a little more involved. I may read it to a kid someday.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Neil Gaiman does it again. What a delightful story to tell a child, I wish I had thought of stuff like this when my son was growing up.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5There is not much to say about this, other than Jesus Christ this man's imagination is all over the place in this short tale about a dad who goes to the corner store to buy milk. He goes on this amazing adventure that I cannot say much about or else the space police will come and get me but, fortunately, the milk is brought to his children safe and sound for them to have breakfast.
Or is it the milk he bought?