The Adventures of Pinocchio (Abridged Edition)

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.