The Adventures of Pinocchio

The Adventures of Pinocchio - Paperback

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The Adventures of Pinocchio - Paperback

The Adventures of Pinocchio - Paperback

by Carlo Collodi
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Book Overview

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children written by Italian author Carlo Collodi. It is a story about the mischievous adventures of an animated wooden puppet named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto. It is famous the world over, and has been familiar in English for over a century.

From the moment Gappetto the carpenter carves a puppet that can walk and talk, this wildly inventive fantasy takes Pinocchio through countless adventures, in the course of which his nose grows whenever he tells a lie, he is turned into a donkey, and is swallowed by a dogfish, before he gains real happiness.His friends, the Cricket and the Blue Fairy, try to make see that his dream - to be a real boy - can never come true until he finally changes his ways.
ISBN9789388318181
Author Carlo Collodi
PublisherHawk Press
GenreChildren
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 1997
LanguageENG- English
Pages190
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids and Teens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Carlo Collodi

Gris Grimly is the illustrator of many books for young readers, including The Cockatrice Boy by Joan Aiken and A Collection of Edgar Allan Poe. He lives in Los Angeles. Grimly's illustrations for Carlo Collodi's classic Pinocchio inspired Guillermo del Toro's designs in his animated adaptation. Guillermo del Toro is a filmmaker, director, and author, known for dark fantasy and fairy-tale inspired works including The Shape of Water and Pan's Labyrinth. In 2023, del Toro won best animated feature, his third Academy Award, with his adaption of Pinocchio. Carlo Collodi is the pen name of Carlo Lorenzini. Born in 1826, he worked as a journalist before publishing The Adventures of Pinocchio in 1883. Translated into more than ninety languages, Pinocchio has never been out of print.

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