Fortunately, the Milk . . .From multi-award-winning Neil Gaiman comes a spectacularly silly, mind-bendingly clever, brilliantly bonkers adventure – with lip-smackingly gorgeous illustrations by Chris Riddell. 'A self-referential gem ... Both author and illustrator are craftsmen at the top of their game, making it look easy' Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Year Mum's away. Dad's in charge. There's no milk. So Dad saves the day by going to buy some. Really, that's all that happens. Very boring. YAAAAAAAAAWN. There are absolutely none of the following inside: GLOBBY GREEN ALIENS! INTERGALACTIC POLICE! PIRATES! And most definitely NOT a time-travelling hot-air balloon piloted by the brilliant dinosaur scientist Professor Steg... |
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Ages,’I asked Professor Steg balloon basket black hair breakfast cereal CHRIS RIDDELL Coconuts Coraline Dave McKean decorative plate dinosaur song Diplodocus disc emerald explain later EYE of SPLOD Floaty-Ball-Person-Carrier flowerpots Fortunately fridge future GALACTIC POLICE gorilla green globby aliens green globby person grundledorfer happen hard-hairy-wet-white-crunchers hole in space hot-air balloon human father jungle lady wumpire little thin Machine mammals Marshall Road mighty milk monster NEIL GAIMAN nice night noise not,’said my father orange juice particularly drippy alien piranhas Pirate Queen plastic flamingos Police dinosaurs ponies pressed the button pressed the red Priest of Splod prophecy Pteranodon red button redecorating Rigel Four Right,’said Road and Fletcher rope ladder sacrifice shouted side snot space dinosaurs special-shiny-greeny-stone Splod's head Stegosaurus things thumm-thumm tight hold Toastios told top of Splod's Tyrannosaurus violin voice volcano stopped erupting vorms walking the plank