A delight to read. For children and those who miss being children. After reading about the Father who escaped the Aliens who want ownership of the world, and Pirates who don't make you walk the plank, to traveling with a Stegosaurus who's invention the "Button" was named after his aunt, you'll be at your local bookstore hoping they have a copy of this amusing piece of storytelling. If you have kids, and they still let you read to them, this book will make you look cool to your kids.
"You are almost never cool to your children".
- Neil Gaiman

Well-written silliness--very fun read aloud.

A super-fast, silly, fun book to read aloud with your kids.

A good way to introduce chapter books to younger readers, this novel is funny and still has pictures to help you along with the story. There is the repetitiveness of early readers to keep kids interested and if a parent is reading aloud with their kid, a place for them to join in. We used this as our introductory book for our tween book club, it was well received.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the young--and for older people who never lost their love of the silly and absurd. The audiobook, narrated by Gaiman himself, is sublime. Perfect pick for a one-hour family road trip.

Great little read! A father needs to go and get milk and is gone for a long time. The tale he tells his children to explain is absence is quite long winded and slightly a sci-fi. Even better as the children are having a hard time believing him. Fun read!

A brief children’s comic novel by the multi-award winning Gaiman. This is essentially a science fiction version of a tall tale. Children tell their father they are out of milk so he goes to the store. It’s a long time before he returns, and he spins them a long tale about how he met a time-traveling dinosaur inventor and saved the world. Clever and twisty, but slighter than most of Gaiman’s novels.

Very imaginative and inventive storytelling fun to read

Loved Loved Loved this book. In true Gaiman fashion it was fun and whimsical and magical. The illustrations are fantastic. This is a great book to read aloud with children! -- Jenny (See more of my picks by following WoodneathJenny)

Be prepared for a wild ride when you listen to this book. The kids need milk for their breakfast cereal and Dad is going to buy some from the corner store and bring it home, no matter what obstacles get in the way. Neil Gaiman is a great reader.