Milk is a must when it comes to early morning cereal, making the series of extraordinary events that one Dad goes through to make it to the store and back with milk in hand more than worth it. Shortly after leaving the store, he finds himself scooped up by aliens, who barely have enough time to inform him of their masterful plans before he is swept to another time and place by a time machine. Forget the aliens, being forced to walk the plank is his new concern, but WAIT there's a rope ladder dangling from a hot air balloon to save him from certain death and at the top of the ladder a...monster?! Of course not, it's a stegosaurus. Dr. Steg to you. Floating through sky and time, the unlikely pair encounter Splod, a one-eyed volcano erupting with anger at the loss of his emerald eye. The two avert this catastrophe only to find themselves face-to-face with wumpires, yes with a "w,"and more pesky aliens, globs.
The illustrations throughout Fortunately, the Milk contribute as much to the intrigue of this fantastical tale as the text as they twist about the page and extends the detail of every description. I can see this being a really fun one to read-aloud and even use as inspiration for kids to write their own loony story explaining why it took them so long to return with the milk.
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