Carlo Collodi's wooden puppet lies, runs off, learns hard lessons and keeps going, in a story far stranger and sharper than most retellings suggest.
First serialised in the 1880s, the original novel moves through episodic adventures where choices carry consequences, mixing fantasy and humour with unsentimental moral instruction. This Collins Classics edition gives the full English text, so readers meet the episodes that adaptations usually leave out.
A summary of the offering:
• The complete original novel rather than a picture-book abridgement
• Episodic chapters that suit reading a little at a time
• A story about consequence, honesty and responsibility
• An English text accessible to older children and adults alike
Good for family reading, classroom use and adults curious about the original, available in the Collins Classics edition from Boipoka.