Aldo
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Product details
- ISBN 9780099185017
- Weight: 229g
- Dimensions: 256 x 296mm
- Publication Date: 17 Jun 1993
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 was born in 1936. He studied illustration at the Central School of Art. His first children's book, Borka, was published in 1963, and it was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal as the best illustrated book of the year. John Burningham collaborated with Ian Fleming on Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, designing the model of the famous car. He lived in London with his wife Helen Oxenbury, also a well-known author and illustrator. John Burningham died on January 4th, 2019.
