Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman (2013)


TL;DR: Dad goes out to buy milk; gets abducted by green globby aliens; warps space and time; and bumps into pirates, jungle tribes, vampires and space dinosaurs

 This was fun! Having never read a Children's book by Neil Gaiman, this was wildly creative. The illustrations are great and the story is, I imagine, great for bedside reading with kids (and okay, adults too). This is one gateway book to enjoy Adventure and Fantasy

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