The Adventures of Pinocchio

Publisher Marketing: A carpenter finds a talking piece of wood and gives it to his poor neighbor, Geppetto, who wants to build a marionette. Geppetto carves the block into a marionette puppet and names him his son, Pinocchio. However, Pinocchio runs away as soon as he learns to walk. The marionette is caught by a Carabiniere, but he assumes that Pinocchio has been mistreated and imprisons Geppetto. Pinocchio goes back to Geppetto's house where he accidentally kills a talking cricket who had warned Pinocchio of the perils of disobedience and hedonism. That evening, Pinocchio falls asleep with his feet on the stove, and wakes to find that they have burned off. Geppetto is released from prison and makes Pinocchio a new pair of feet. In gratitude, Pinocchio promises to attend school and Geppetto sells his only coat to buy him a school book. On his way to school the next morning, Pinocchio encounters the Great Marionette Theatre and he sells his school book in order to buy a ticket for the show. The marionettes on stage recognize him in the audience and call out to him angering the puppet master Mangiafuoco. The puppet master initially decides to use Pinocchio as firewood, but ultimately releases him and gives him five gold pieces to give to Geppetto ... Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 09/19/2005 pg. 69 (EAN 9781568461908, Hardcover) School Library Journal 12/01/2005 pg. 143 (EAN 9781568461908, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2006 pg. 69 (EAN 9781568461908, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 974 (EAN 9781568461908, Hardcover) Library Journal 02/01/1986 (EAN 9780520054042, Hardcover) School Library Journal 03/01/1987 (EAN 9780805000276, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 471 (EAN 9780027228212, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 524 (EAN 9780448414799, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 471 (EAN 9780394821108, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 09/30/1988 (EAN 9780394821108, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Collodi, Carlo Carlo Collodi is the pen name of Italian author Carlo Lorenzini, creator of the beloved children's character, Pinocchio. A Tuscan who fought in Italy's wars of unification, Collodi was already a famous novelist and popular translator of French fairy tales when he began to contribute chapters in the life of a marionette to Italy's first newspaper for children, Il Giornale per i Bambini. The adventures of the disobedient puppet were an immediate success and Pinocchio's story has been translated and adapted numerous times, including the classic 1940 animated production from Walt Disney. Collodi died in 1890.