Fortunately, the milk
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062295156 (int'l. ed.)
- ISBN: 0062224077 (hardcover bdgs)
- ISBN: 9780062224071 (hardcover bdgs)
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Physical Description:
101 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, c2013.
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | Ages 8-12. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Fathers Fiction Space and time Fiction |
Genre: | Science fiction. Humorous fiction. Action and adventure fiction. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | J GAIMA N (Text) | 33126016978607 | JFiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | J GAIMA N (Text) | 33126016978623 | JFiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | J GAIMA N (Text) | 33126019566409 | JFiction | Available | - |
Independence Branch | J GAIMA N (Text) | 33126016978615 | JFiction | Available | - |
- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2013 October
Gr 3â6âA tale of the bravery and selflessness exhibited by a father taking care of his children while his wife is away. Despite Mom's advance warning, the family finds itself ready for breakfast but without milk for cereal and tea, so Dad takes a trip to the store to get some. Upon his long-awaited return, he gives the children a fantastical and descriptive explanation of the adventures he faced while trying to make it back home. Not only did he embark on a time-traveling hot-air balloon ride with a stegosaurus, but he also confronted pirates, aliens, wumpires, and a volcano god, never losing possession of the milk. Gaiman knocks it out of the park again with this imaginative story. His outrageous plot is perfectly paced to keep advanced and reluctant readers enthralled, and his use of onomatopoeia and humorous descriptions will make the book hard to put down. Reminiscent of Roald Dahl's titles, it will sweep children away into an unimagined world and make them wonder if their own parents have ever had any secret adventures. Young's frequent black-and-white cartoons add to the wackiness of this tall tale.âAmy Shepherd, St. Anne's Episcopal School, Middleton, DE
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