Fortunately, the Milk

Written by Neil Gaiman

Narrated by Neil Gaiman

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Sep 17, 2013
• ISBN: 9780062305886

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman (Portchester, 1960), guionista y escritor aclamado unánimemente por la crítica, ha obtenido numerosos galardones, como el World Fantasy Award, el Hugo, el Nebula y el Bram Stoker. Es autor de novelas de fantasía para adultos como American Gods, Neverwhere y Stardust (Premio de la Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas en el año 2000), obras para el público infantil como la celebrada Coraline (Salamandra, 2009), la multipremiada serie de cómics The Sandman, que ha cosechado más de 26 premios Eisner, y varias antologías de relatos cortos, entre las que destacan Humo y espejos y Material sensible, ambas publicadas por Salamandra.

Reviews for Fortunately, the Milk

[RAHARISON Mialy Harentsoa · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Incredible short story with a lot of imagination put into it. Neil Gaiman never ceases to surprise!

[jlharmon · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I 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.

[Sharon Shomaker · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The best book ever great book for children I highly recommend it.

[Dorian Liepmann · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Neil Gaiman rocks! What a great story and he told it really, really well. Fun for all ages.

[Ben Frei · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Delightful short story. So clever and charming! It’s my first time reading this author, but it won’t be my last!

[SocorroBaptista · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

So good!! Eu amei este livrinho, maravilhoso. E haja imaginação!!?

[Kelsey Visel · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Honestly scribd I think you can fix the bug that’s not letting me relisten to stuff but it is still a good book

[nadinerashad · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

So clever! So much talent in 41 minutes! I loved it

[JonD · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Super fun story my grandson and I loved it. Y

[John Tortorano · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Good story for young adults. Takes a bit of imagination to read

[Susanah · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It was cute and fun to listen too ?☺️ Perfect for a short car ride with kids

[Ali Khan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Beautiful. Just beautiful. Neil gaiman cann always keep a good balance of silly and interesting.

[krysta · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I think it’s a great book . It’s fun fiction

[Ann Brumby · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

So funnny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it . Greatest parental excuse ever

[KataHonu · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Delightfully silly. Very relaxing little stream of consciousness adventure about the importance of milk.

[Alexia Rodriguez · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

O 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.

[jazminderr-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

One for the bookshelf of my future kids methinks :D
Nice and zany :D

[Anjelea Hornych · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I love the series until this book they basically took the main character out of the story.

[Allen J Davis · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

So 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.

[Elizabeth Mellen · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I 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.

[Teresa King · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Hysterically funny children's book. My kids would have loved it when they were little. I quite enjoyed it as an adult!

[jessiqa_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Having 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!

[Steve Longan · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Scribd cuts off the last 6 minutes of the book, for some reason. Which is a shame because it was excellent up to that point.

[kdf_333_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

i really didn't like the illustrations so stringy or something. the story was just ok.

[Allyssa Hahn · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A lovely lighthearted make believe story. All my kids enjoyed it for quiet time.

[valzi-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Fun, 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.

[Enidan Dragunov · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Neil 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.

[Andreea Gaur · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

There 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?

[Ralph · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

These stories are delightfully cute even for old men who should be too old for such stories.

[eclecticdodo · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was a Christmas present for my 5 year old son. Unfortunately it proved to be too scary for him and we had to stop after a half a dozen pages (he is very easily scared for his age, we can't even watch Disney movies). However, by that point I was quite into it, so I carried on. It really is excellent. Basically, a dad goes out for milk but takes a very long time, when he returns home he tells his kids a tall tale about how he's escaped from various situations, usually thanks to the milk he'd just bought. The adventures keep coming. The illustrations are great. And it breaks up easily into sections for reading a little at a time. I don't think my boy will be ready for it for a while yet, but I can't wait until he is.