Fortunately, the Milk is a tall tale told by a father who went out to get milk for breakfast and took an incredibly long time to get back, so he told his kids a fantastic story about time-travelling dinosaurs and pirates and wumpires and other funny things that kept him from getting back right away. The book is chock full of silly illustrations by Skottie Young, which I found almost as funny as the book.
Sam liked it pretty well too, though he only read it once, which means he didn't love it. I liked it enough to plan on seeking out more of Gaiman's books.
If This Was a Movie, I Would Rate It: PG for some mildly worrisome moments involving danger from volcanoes, wumpires, and pirates, etc.
Good afternoon. I just discovered your very interesting blog (via Classical Carousel), and I hope to return often. In the meantime, I would like to know about your interest in Shakespeare, especially as my new blog (Shakespeare in the Library) is now "open for business."
ReplyDeleteHi Blaine! Glad you like my blog :-) I'm obviously quite a fan of Hamlet, given that I take my screen name from that play, but I also count Much Ado About Nothing as a favorite, and I enjoy lots of Shakespeare's other plays as well. Do you have a link to your new blog? I can't seem to find one.
DeleteGaiman is one of my most favorite author. I love his wild imagination. I even have 3 editions of this book, US, UK, and ID version, hehe. For middle-grade, I recommend The Graveyard Book, it's a story about growing up (it won Newbery Medal in 2009) and Coraline that highlights bravery. His writings may a little bit dark, without omitting the element of fun.
ReplyDeleteBzee, thanks for the recommendations! I will definitely put those on my TBR list. Looks my library has both of them! And they even have the audiobook version of The Graveyard Book read by NG himself -- cool!
DeleteI love Gaiman! I'd recommend 'The Graveyard Book' too. It's gorgeous, it's for kids and it might just be my favourite of Gaiman's books :) You might want to try 'Neverwhere' as well. That one's just for adults but the BBC Radio adaptation has Benedict Cumberbatch, Anthony Stewart Head and Sir Christopher Lee in it.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow! l will definitely seek out that radio adaptation! I'd listen to it for any one of those three, but all of them? Yowza! Thanks, Hannah!
DeleteThis looks like fun! I am a fan of Gaiman, and a very long-time fan of cover artist Chris Riddell.
ReplyDeleteIt was quite fun! I definitely will read more of his books.
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