Aldo

Illustrated by John Burningham

JUVENILE FICTION

32 Pages, 10 x 11 1/2

Paperback Picture Book, $14.95 (US $14.95)

Publication Date: June 1993

ISBN 9780099185017

Rights: US

Transworld Publishers (Jun 1993)
Red Fox

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Overview

This beautiful picture book depicts the everyday life of a lonely little girl whose home life is empty—apart from her parents' arguments—and whose school life is overshadowed by bullies. The comfort she finds from her secret friend Aldo is heartwarming. John Burninham is the author of Borka, Granpa, and Oi! Get Off Our Train.

Reviews

“A touching portrait of a solitary child with an imaginary friend called Aldo, a rabbit just about her size, who can be counted upon to turn up ‘when things get really bad’…Aldo is a quietly comforting figure, tenderly absorbing the feelings suggested in the deftly understated text and the wonderfully expressive illustrations, with their agile line and Turneresque spreads…An unusually perceptive, unsentimental treatment of a familiar theme.” —Kirkus Reviews

Author Biography

John Burningham is one of the most prestigious and well-loved illustrators working in the children's book field today. Trained at the Central School of Art, his first picture book, Borka, was published in 1963. He has won the Kate Greenaway Award twice for Borka and Mr Gumpy's Outing, and has enjoyed a distinguished career spanning over 45 years.

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