Pinocchio
Published on 5. May 2011
288 pages
978-0-14-133823-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Heart-warming introduction by John Boyne, author of Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 9 years
File size
6,50 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-14-133823-1 (9780141338231)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Person
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.
