{"product_id":"9781857155167","title":"Pinocchio","description":"By: Collodi, Carlo \u003cbr\u003e Format: Hardback \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Everyman \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 07\/10\/10 \u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781857155167 \u003cbr\u003e Dimensions in mm: 212 x 164 x 18 \u003cbr\u003e Description: Everyone 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 ...). Throughout 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.   Pinocchio 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.","brand":"Scotia Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45247419711671,"sku":"9781857155167","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0570\/5629\/7143\/files\/9781857155167.jpg?v=1757157687","url":"https:\/\/www.scotiabooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781857155167","provider":"scotia-books-online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}