![]() ![]() What happens in between, well, I don’t want to spoil anything for you, so you will have to read and find out for yourself. Fortunately, The Milk, is what Gaiman, author of the recent novel for adults, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, calls 'the silliest book I have ever written.' When a father runs out to buy milk. When he finally returned, he told the children a fantastic story of the adventures he’d had, starting with being sucked up into a huge silver disc that was hovering above the corner shop and ending with being dropped off at the back door by a hot air balloon, which by the way was being piloted by a Stegosaurus, a very famous Stegosaurus. So, he went out for some milk … and was gone a very, very, very long time. He is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College. ![]() Among his numerous literary awards are the Newbery and Carnegie medals, and the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner awards. Of course their dad forgot, and when they all sat down to breakfast the next morning, there was nothing to pour on their cereal, and nothing for him to put in his tea. Neil Gaiman is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including Norse Mythology, Neverwhere, and The Graveyard Book. You see their Mum had gone to a conference, to present a paper on lizards, and the last thing she said to their dad before she left was that they were almost out of milk. But I assure, there is not (I checked three times). Right now you're probably thinking – “Huh?!”, and wondering if maybe, just maybe there is a typo in that quote. ![]() “Fortunately, I had kept tight hold of the milk, so when I splashed into the sea I didn’t lose it.” Dad, pg. ![]()
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