Milk, despite its much lighter tone, taps into the themes of these novels, traveling to worlds with other beings and the threat of being held captive there. He has an explanation for his absence involving green globby aliens, pirates, dinosaurs and "Galactic Police." Is he telling the truth? Or is it a made-up adventure? Young readers will savor the hunt for evidence to support their views in Neil Gaiman's latest middle-grade novel.įortunately, the Milk provides an ideal bridge between the author's picture books (such as The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish and The Wolves in the Walls, both illustrated by longtime collaborator Dave McKean) and his more haunting fiction (such as Coraline and the Newbery Medal–winning The Graveyard Book). There are no answers to be found in this video of Chris Riddell drawing.When the father of two children-a boy and a girl-goes out to buy milk, he takes an inordinately long time. Why is the milk in a bottle in the US, where milk almost never comes in bottles? Why is the milk in a carton in the UK, where milk actually does still turn up in bottles? Why does the dad in Chris Riddell's artwork look mysteriously sort of like me? But in UK bookshops you'll find the Bloomsbury, in US ones you'll find the Harper Childrens. You are, of course, allowed to order the edition you like best from the country of your choice. You get a feel for the UK edition with the same pages told in a British Way at: You can get the feeling for Skottie's art, and the way the US version looks here: And I am not grumbling, because I love Skottie's art, and I love Chris's art, and they are completely different - in approach, in style, in storytelling. I know that different places and different publishers like different styles of illustration. It is the shiniest cover you have ever seen.)Īnd I'm not really sure why there are two books. (You cannot actually tell from this how astoundingly SHINY the cover is.
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