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Aldo

John Burningham author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:17th Jun '93

Should be back in stock very soon

Aldo cover

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. By the author of "Borka", "Granpa" and "Oi! Get Off Our Train".

John Burningham brings us this poetic tale about a special friendship between a lonely girl and her secret friend, Aldo. With Aldo around, sunshine and laughter fill the little girl's life and she forgets her everyday fears.John Burningham brings us this poetic tale about a special friendship between a lonely girl and her secret friend, Aldo. With Aldo around, sunshine and laughter fill the little girl's life and she forgets her everyday fears.

John Burningham is one of the most outstanding author-illustrators of children's books today * Twentieth Cenury Children's Writers *
John Burningham is a poet in word and picture * Independent on Sunday *
Burningham at his best * Observer *

ISBN: 9780099185017

Dimensions: 296mm x 257mm x 4mm

Weight: 233g

32 pages