The Adventures of Pinocchio

Pinocchio likes to play mischief, disobey and study as little as possible. Also, like almost all children, do what he wants and not worry about the consequences. But Pinocchio is not a child like the others. He's not even a child; it's a puppet. But a puppet made from a piece of enchanted wood. A very naughty puppet! Pinocchio is one of the indispensable figures in the history of children's literature. Written by Carlo Collodi and illustrated by Roberto Innocenti, this universal classic recounts the sorrows and joys of a puppet whose selfishness and bad behavior leads him to suffer all kinds of misfortunes: he burns his feet, hangs him from a tree, uses him as a guardian to take care of chickens... Encouraged by the promise of becoming a "real boy", he will end up changing his attitude. Won't it be too late? The exquisite detail of the images places readers before history as exceptional witnesses, making them participants -with meticulous precision- of each narrated moment. Innocenti delights in reproducing, in an extremely faithful way to the text, disparate environments: the hubbub of the streets, the serenity of the natural landscape, real and imaginary spaces... Narrative fluidity is one of the main qualities of Collodi's work, that mixes reality and fable, with suspense, magic and sensitivity. Author: Collodi, Carlo | Illustrator: Innoceti, Roberto