Pinocchio (Puffin Classics)
Author(s): Carlo Collodi
The old wood-carver Geppetto decides to make a wonderful puppet which can dance and turn somersaults, but by chance he chooses an unusual piece of wood - and the finished puppet can talk and misbehave like the liveliest child. But Pinocchio is brave and inquisitive as well as naughty, and after some hair-raising adventures, he earns his heart's desire.
Heart-warming introduction by John Boyne, author of Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
Product Information
Carlo Collodi (pen-name of Carlo Lorenzini) was born in Florence in 1826. He began his career as a journalist and worked as a civil servant before becoming a published author. In 1881 he wrote a short episode in the life of a wooden puppet for a newspaper, and it was an immediate success. The first English language version of the adventures of Pinocchio was published in 1892, two years after his death.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Puffin Classics
- : 0.234
- : February 2011
- : 178mm X 129mm X 21mm
- : United Kingdom
- : July 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Carlo Collodi
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : en
- : 853.8
- : 255
- : illustrations