Pinocchio, a wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble, wants more than anything else to become a real boy.
It's never too soon to share your favourite classics with the next generation...This edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio has been adapted for younger readers and features:- Simplified Text- A child-friendly layout, designed for young readers- Full colour illustrations by award-winning artist Robert Ingpen.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.
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With full-colour illustrations by award-winning artist Robert Ingpen, this beautiful edition of one of the world's best-loved stories has been adapted for younger readers with simplified text and a child-friendly layout.
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.
