Ms. Edinger was fortunate enough to receive an advanced reader’s copy of Neil Gaiman’s Fortunately, the Milk. While adults know him for many things (Sandman, tweeting, American Gods, etc) kids know him mainly for The Graveyard Book and Coraline. This year’s Edinger House seems completely unfamiliar with The Graveyard Book and thinks the Coraline movie is scary. But fortunately, Fortunately, the Milk is on a whole different.er, planet. It is fun and silly and charming and is perfectly calibrated to read aloud to a class of — what else?– 4th graders!
So, to give tiny taste, a dad goes out to pick up some milk for his children’s cereal and…things happen. Silly and funny things involving dinosaurs, a Floaty-Ball-Person-Carrier, snot, and ponies. Here are some comments from Edinger House directed to the author (with spoilers though I don’t think they mean much outside of the story):
It went so fast because it was sooo interesting. Where did you get all these ideas? My favorite part was where the green dwarfs with beards started dancing. I also liked that you kept on using “fortunately, the milk.” This is one of my favorite books.” KS
I loved this book. It was creative and well written. I wouldn’t have thought that Professor Steg was a girl. ML
Your story was incredibly funny. I really liked the dwarfs and when he realized Professor Steg was a girl. Have you ever flown in a Floaty-Ball-Person-Carrier? AR
I loved the story. It was awesome and fortunately the milk. I said “fortunately the milk” because it was the best part and I liked the dad and Professor Steg. NA
It was really funny! I liked how he did all of that for the milk. I liked the twist that the professor was a girl. BR
I really loved it because it was funny and didn’t make sense. I loved it so much I want to get it for my brother and me. AJH
It was a very funny book with tons of humor! I loved all the different characters! I especially liked the dwarves dancing! I think the length was perfect! CC
This book is really funny, especially the part with the “Floaty-Ball-Person-Carrier.” Even though it is very fortunate about the milk it was un-fortunate that the book ended! IS
Really great story! It was cool how instead of the universe ending, the dwarfs came out and danced! It was also cool how the “button” was named in a regular way (compared to the “red pushy flat thingie”). Fortunately, the Milk is still there! HL
It is really good and funny about traveling through time, how the dad is obsessed with the milk. The funny-names are also good. Aliens remodeling planets and how they remodels Rigel Four (“Three gigantic plastic ducks flying around the moon.”) LZ