{"product_id":"pinocchio-carlo-collodi-9781857155167","title":"Pinocchio","description":"\u003cp\u003ePinocchio (1883) by 'Carlo Collodi' (Carlo Lorenzini, 1826-90) must be the most popular children's book to have come out of Italy. Beautifully illustrated, cloth bound and elegant. The perfect gift for children and adults alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone knows Pinocchio, the walking, talking wooden puppet carved from a table leg. Pinocchio, an endearing scamp, is always getting himself into trouble. But it isn't the sort of trouble most kids get into. Skiving off school, he is kidnapped by a puppeteer, robbed by a Cat and Fox, and persuaded to visit an earthly paradise where naughty children have perpetual fun - and turn into donkeys. Sold to a circus, then to a man who tries to drown him for his donkey-skin, he miraculously turns back into a puppet and goes in search of his 'father' (whom he must rescue from the belly of a giant dogfish ...). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout these manic adventures he is haunted by the ghost of a Talking Cricket he has crushed to death for giving good advice, and watched over by his personal guardian fairy. All the while, Pinocchio dreams of becoming a real boy. Told with wit and humour, his story is also a moral fable about making the right choices, and what it is to be a loving human being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePinocchio is an astonishing work of fantasy which has been toned down and sentimentalized over the years, not least by the Walt Disney film. Everyman returns to a beautifully illustrated early translation of 1916 which captures the vivid inventiveness of Collodi's original.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carlo Collodi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43175271399667,"sku":"9781857155167","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781857155167.jpg?v=1662072247","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/pinocchio-carlo-collodi-9781857155167","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}