Other editions of book The Adventures of Pinocchio By: Carlo Collodi

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a children's story about a wooden marionette who is wished to life. As a little human boy, Pinocchio wastes no time getting into all sorts of mischief, and is famously unable to lie, as his nose grows every time he attempts it. It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of this timeless story.

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi, written in Florence. The first half was originally a serial between 1881 and 1883, and then later completed as a book for children in February 1883. It is about the mischievous adventures of Pinocchio, an animated marionette, and his poor father, a woodcarver named Geppetto. It is considered a classic of children's literature and has spawned many derivative works of art, such as Disney's 1940 animated movie of the same name, and commonplace ideas such as a liar's long nose.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

As carpenter Master Antonio begins to carve a block of pinewood into a leg for his table the log shouts out, "Don't strike me too hard!" Frightened by the talking log, Master Cherry does not know what to do until his neighbor Geppetto drops by looking for a piece of wood to build a marionette. Antonio gives the block to Geppetto. And thus begins the life of Pinocchio, the puppet that turns into a boy. The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Carlo Collodi is about the mischievous adventures of Pinocchio, an animated marionette, and his poor father and woodcarver Geppetto. It is considered a classic of children's literature and has spawned many derivative works of art. This is not the story we've seen in film but the original version full of harrowing adventures faced by Pinnocchio.

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Poor, Translated from the Italian by M A Murray. Re-print of the 1911 edition. 268pp. 13 colour plates + charming & profuse b&w illustrations by Charles Folkard. Pages lightly tanned, otherwise clean throughout. Illustrated endpapers free from inscription; small ink spots to ffep. Binding shaken. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards; rubbed to extremities. Displayed within original, price-clipped dust jacket, illustrated to match the boards; large sections of loss to edges, this does not obstruct the wonderful orange and green illustration of Pinocchio to upper. Scarce in this edition.