Name: the adventures of pinocchio
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Author: Collodi, Carlo ; Innocenti, Roberto
ISBN: 9781568461908

Type

Physical Book

Author

Carlo Collodi

Illustrated by

Roberto Innocenti

Publisher

Creative Edition

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

30.2 x 22.3 x 2.3 cm

Weight

1.22 kg.

ISBN

1568461909

ISBN13

9781568461908

Synopsis "the adventures of pinocchio"

Like many little boys, Pinocchio likes to dabble in mischief, disobey his parents, and shirk his studies and chores. Like many ordinary boys, Pinocchio does what he pleases, with scant regard for the consequences. But the star of this tale isn't just any little boy. And he's certainly not ordinary. In fact, he's not a boy at all. With a head made of wood and his body carved from an enchanted tree limb, Pinocchio is a puppet. And a naughty one at that! Author Carlo Collodi and illustrator Roberto Innocenti treat readers to a wildly imaginative ride in this delightful story of an egoistic wooden puppet whose bad behavior leads him from one misfortune to another. In the end, lured by the promise of becoming a "real" boy should he change his wicked ways, Pinocchio tries to make amends. But will his good deeds come too late? Carlo Collodi is the pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini (18261890), an accomplished Italian journalist whose translations of French fairy tales in the late 1870s earned such praise that he was encouraged to write his own. "Le Avventure di Pinocchio" ("The Adventures of Pinocchio"), his most famous and beloved work, debuted in 1881 and is today considered a children's classic. Italian Roberto Innocenti taught himself the craft of illustration as a young man and has since become one of the world's most recognizable children's book illustrators. His work in such acclaimed picture books as "Rose Blanche," "Nutcracker," "A Christmas Carol," "The Last Resort," and "Erika's Story" has garnered wide critical acclaim and such honors as the Bratislava Golden Apple Award and a 2004 nomination for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Carlo Collodi

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Carlo Lorenzo Filippo Giovanni Lorenzini (Florence, November 24, 1826 - Ibid., October 26, 1890), better known as Carlo Collodi or simply Collodi, was an Italian journalist and writer, known for his novel The Adventures of Pinocchio.

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