Pinocchio

Carlo Collodi

May 2011 · Penguin UK

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

Amazing story and fantasy. I think I'v got a long nose with sweet and chicken doing chocolates egg for they love to make their heart happy and make the night more romantoc.Happy Easter evreyone

About the author

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.