The woodcutter Geppetto had always dreamed of having a little boy of his own. So, when he carves Pinocchio from wood and he comes to life, it's a dream come true. The only problem is that Pinocchio turns out to be a handful - he enjoys playing tricks on people, getting into mischief, and telling lies. But as Pinnochio discovers, boys who spend all their time haivng fun earn nothing but trouble!
This book is part of a book series called Tor Classics .
This book is aimed at children at US 5th grade+.
This book has been graded for interest at 10-18 years.
There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published in 2002 by St Martin's Press .
Carlo Collodi (1826-90) was an Italian journalist, playwright and novelist who achieved worldwide fame with his children's classic Pinocchio. * Susan Pearson writes and edits books for children; this is her latest collection of poetry. She lives in Massachusetts, USA. * Gris Grimly is an author and illustrator who lives in California, USA. Visit www. madcreator. com to see more of his mad creations.
This book contains the following story:
Pinocchio
Gepetto the carpenter finds a piece of magic wood which he makes into a puppet to be the son he's always wanted. Pinocchio is very happy living with his father but he longs to be a real boy and not a puppet any more. This can only happen if he learns to be good. Pinocchio finds this tricky, particularly as he seems to meet a fair share of tricksters, the Fox and the Cat being no exception. Despite advice from the talking Jiminy Cricket Pinocchio gets into all sorts of trouble, including selling his school book for tickets to the Great Marionette Theatre, and foolishly planting gold coins in the Field of Miracles. And when he lies his nose grows! However during his many adventures Pinocchio learns what it means to be good and eventually the Fairy rewards him and turns him into a real boy.
