by Neil Gaiman
Children's Fantasy
Amazon / Goodreads
Plot Summary:
"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 and illustrated by Skottie Young.
Review:
This is a sweetly, endearing children's book with some fantastic, whimsical illustrations! With such a mundane start - the need to buy milk for breakfast - Neil Gaiman spins a wild, adventurous tall tale of encounters with different peoples and creatures in different times. The story moves so quickly and in very imaginatively unexpected directions, while also tying up all the loose ends nicely. Since there is a time travel aspect to it, I appreciated how neatly some of those temporal twists were explained in the end.The story is framed by the children who are being told this story by their father, and that element of childish skepticism and tangential thinking added humor and fun side-commentary to an already entertaining story. This book was a joy to read for this adult, so I imagine it must be the same for any child. If you are a fan of Neil Gaiman, children's books, or fun stories, definitely give this one a try!
