Fortunately, the Milk (original 2013; edition 2013)

by Neil Gaiman, Skottie Young (Illustrator)

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While picking up milk for his children's cereal, a father is abducted by aliens and finds himself on a wild adventure through time and space.

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Member:	regnsky
Title:	Fortunately, the Milk
Authors:	Neil Gaiman
Other authors:	Skottie Young (Illustrator)
Info:	HarperCollins (2013), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 128 pages
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I loved this book! Fun easy read! (

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mjphillips | Feb 23, 2024 |

Absolutely chaotic! (

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rubyman | Feb 21, 2024 |

Zany, imaginative, and entertaining. I laughed aloud a couple times! (

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erindarlyn | Jan 25, 2024 |

Terribly silly. Doesn't quite live up to the standards I'm used to by Neil Gaiman. But maybe I'm just not good with children's books. (

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adastra | Jan 15, 2024 |

I was a little put off by the depiction of the volcano-worshiping people (for one thing, do indigenous peoples of long ago belong in the same category as aliens, pirates, talking dinosaurs, and vampires? For another, were the illustrations racist?).

Still, you have to be real curmudgeon not to find this amusing. I also really love it when time travel is portrayed correctly (i.e. the "everything always already happened" theory of time travel).

I wonder if Mr. Gaiman has read Michael Foreman's picture book [b:Fortunately Unfortunately|9545995|Fortunately, Unfortunately|Michael Foreman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320414980l/9545995._SX50_.jpg|14432415], which also features pirates, dinosaurs, volcanoes and aliens, as well as frequent use of the word "fortunately." (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Gaiman, Neil	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Riddell, Chris	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Young, Skottie	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Neil Gaiman/Chris Riddell 3-Book Box Set: Coraline; The Graveyard Book; Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman

Young Readers' Collection (Odd and the Frost Giants ∙ Coraline ∙ The Graveyard Book ∙ Fortunately ∙ the Milk) by Neil Gaiman

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Awards

Blue Hen Book Award (Nominee – Middle Readers – 2015)

Bluestem Award (Nominee – 2016)

British Book Award (Shortlist – Children's Book – 2013)

Global Read Aloud Contender (Early Readers – 2018)

Global Read Aloud Contender (Early Readers – 2017)

Great Lakes Great Books Award (Honor Book – 4th & 5th Grade – 2015)

Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee – 2015)

Independent Booksellers' Book Prize (Shortlist – Children's Fiction – 2014)

Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee – Grades 3-5 – 2015)

Lectio Book Award (Nominee – 2018)

Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (Nominee – 3rd-5th Grade – 2016)

Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee – 2016)

Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee – Division I - Grades 3-5 – 2016)

Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee – Elementary – 2016)

Nēnē Award (Nominee – 2016)

Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee – Children's – 2016)

Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee – Grades 3-5 – 2016)

The White Ravens (English / USA – 2014)

Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration (Nominee – 2015)

Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing (Nominee – 2015)

Distinctions

Junior Library Guild Selections (Selection)

Notable Lists

The Best Children's Books of the Year (Nine to Twelve – 2014)

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Younger Readers – 2013)

Great Texas Mosquito List (3-4 – 2017)

Idaho Battle of the Books (Elementary – 2020)

Maine Regional Library System Cream of the Crop List (2014)

New York Public Library Best Books: For Kids (Stories for Younger Readers – 2013)

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Dedication

For my late father, David, who would have told the tale with delight, and for my son, Michael, who would never have believed a word of it.

With love.

--N.G.

For my dad, who was a teller of stories and a maker of laughs. I miss you like crazy.

--S.Y.

First words

There was only orange juice in the fridge.

Quotations

“But it’s not later yet,” said Professor Steg. “It’s still now. It won’t be later until later.”

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