Aldo: Ghost Dog
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Joaquín Camp
Translated from the Spanish by Kit Maude
Aldo: Ghost Dog brims with humor on every page, as each illustration offers a delightfully ironic counterpoint to the narrative of Aldo discovering the joys and difficulties of his new life as a ghost dog. With this newfound identity, Aldo can now steal food in the park unseen, has learned to fly, and is happy … almost all the time. There are some things, however, that he finds hard to let go of, like a secret love, which was indeed very special. Will they ever meet again?
Aldo's cheerful personality and optimism carry the dog and the reader through the adventures—and misadventures—that await us every day.
Winner of the Best Picture Book Award at the Biblioteca Insular de Gran Canaria, Spain, 2020
Fundación Cuatrogatos Award, 2022
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ISBN: 979-8-9887499-2-9
7.4” (W) x 10.8” (H) • 36 pages • Hardcover
$ 18.95
REVIEWS
★“Camp’s naïve-style illustrations provide a suitably off-kilter atmosphere for this humorous tale translated from Spanish. A scruffy-looking gray pooch named Aldo gets tangled up in a sheet hanging out to dry and believes he’s left the world of the living … Some readers may find the subsequent reveal hilarious … The surrealist humor and obvious dissonance between Aldo’s narration and the illustrations will make this tale a big hit with some readers, though it may leave others cold. A curious confection for audiences open to absurdism. (Picture book. 4-8)”—Kirkus Reviews
