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Gr 6–8—More Struwwelpeter than Disney darling, this Pinocchio will surprise and perhaps delight students. The text describes a thoughtless bad boy who is repeatedly, and violently, punished for his misdeeds. Adapted from Della Chisa's translation from the original story, some elements are familiar, as when our hapless hero is led astray by a fox and a cat. Others are slightly horrifying, for example, when Pinocchio tries to kill the moralizing Talking Cricket by throwing a hammer at its head. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Della Chiesa’s excellent 1925 translation of Collodi’s 1883 classic is judiciously trimmed to about half its original length. While excising authorial asides, extensive dialogue, and such other elaborations as may try the patience of modern readers, editor V. Geetha retains almost every incident for a well-paced version of the unruly marionette’s adventures. This handsome Indian edition features the traditional art of a Patua scroll painter in Bengal. As Geetha explains in a note, Ch...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

[=Edited by]Della Chiesa's excellent 1925 translation of Collodi's 1883 classic is trimmed to about half its original length for a well-p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More