The Adventures of Pinocchio

The perfect gift for a young adventurer.

Share your beloved childhood stories with the next generation!

Award-winning illustrator Robert Ingpen has captured the mischievous Pinocchio and his extraordinary escapades as never before, breathing new excitement into this enchanting classic.

The exuberant young scamp Pinocchio ignores the advice of his kindly father and sets off into the world in search of adventure.

Along the way he encounters many remarkable characters including the nefarious Fox and Cat, a wise-talking cricket and a beautiful azure-haired fairy and lurches from one predicament to another.

By the end of the book, this wilful wooden hero finally learns his lesson and obtains his heart's desire becoming a real boy.

A full-colour illustrated edition of one of the world's best loved stories.

'Ingpen's drawings are utterly compelling' Michael Morpurgo

Robert Ingpen was born in 1936 in Geelong, Australia, and still lives and works nearby in Barwon Heads. In 1986 he was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his contribution to children's literature and he has been honoured with Membership of the Order of Australia.

The exuberant young puppet boy Pinocchio ignores the advice of his kindly father and sets off into the world in search of adventure. A new edition with 70 original illustrations by Robert Ingpen. The tale of how the old woodcarver Geppetto made a disobedient puppet boy that could talk, dance and turn somersaults has been a much-loved story since it was first written more than 130 years ago. 'The Adventures of Pinocchio' first appeared in 1881 as a series in a children's newspaper. Since then, readers young and old have delighted in Collodi's fantastic fairy-tale world, in which anything can happen and excitement waits round every corner. The exuberant young scamp Pinocchio ignores the advice of his kindly father and sets off into the world in search of adventure. Along the way he encounters many remarkable characters - including the nefarious Fox and Cat, a wise-talking cricket and a beautiful azure-haired fairy - and lurches from one predicament to another. Happily, by the end of the book, this wilful wooden hero finally learns his lesson and obtains his heart's desire - becoming a real boy. In this handsome new edition, award-winning illustrator Robert Ingpen has captured the rascally Pinocchio and his extraordinary escapades as never before, breathing new excitement into this enchanting classic.

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