Pinocchio

Author: Carlo Collodi
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Once there was a lonely woodcutter named Geppetto who dreamed of having a boy of his own. One day he carved a boy out of wood and named him Pinocchio. When the puppet comes to life, it's Geppetto's dream come true. Except Pinocchio turns out to be not such a nice boy after all. Pinocchio enjoys nothing better than creating mischief and playing mean tricks. As he discovers, being bad is much more fun than being good. For a while, anyway. Happily for Pinocchio, he will learn that there is much more to being a real boy than having fun. A magical tale that has entertained children of all ages for more than a hundred years, this lavishly and gorgeously illustrated new edition is the perfect introduction of a timeless classic to a new generation of readers. And that's no lie!
Author Bio: Carlo Collodi is the pen name of Carlo Lorenzini, a famous Italian writer of humble who was born in northern Italy in 1826. He took the name Collodi from his mother's birthplace in Tuscany. He went to school in Florence, where he met and befriended many of those upon whom he later based the characters in Pinocchio. After school, he trained for the priesthood and eventually became a journalist, founding his own newspaper and theatrical journal. In 1860 he became a government official with a specialized interest in education, and all his experiences culminated at this time in writing stories for children. The Adventures of Pinocchio, originally titled The Tale of a Puppet, was written as a serial for an illustrated children's weekly. It appeared in book form in 1883 and quickly sold a million copies in Italy alone. When the book became available in English in 1892, two years after Lorenzini's death, it was greeted into over ninety languages and has been a worldwide favorite ever since.