"Pinocchio" tells the story of a wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy. Created by the kindhearted Geppetto, Pinocchio embarks on various adventures filled with challenges and temptations. Throughout his journey, he meets a cast of colorful characters, including the wise Blue Fairy and the mischievous Fox and Cat. As he navigates the world, Pinocchio learns important lessons about honesty, bravery, and the value of hard work. With each experience, and as his nose grows longer with each lie, he discovers the importance of being true to oneself, ultimately aiming to fulfill his dream of becoming human. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
There are 8 pages in this book.
This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).
This book was published in 2002 by Walker Books Ltd .
Sara Fanelli was born and grew up in Florence, Italy but she now lives in London. She trained at The Royal College of Art (?) and is the author-illustrator of several notable books Wolf, Dear Diary. , this is her first publication for Jonathan Cape.
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.
