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Pinocchio
Disney's version of the tale by Carlo Collodi of the puppet who is brought to life by a fairy. With the aid of his conscience, Pinocchio tries to prove himself worthy of becoming a real boy.
19 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1995
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Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.
Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.
--from Wikipedia
Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.
Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.
--from Wikipedia
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August 12, 2020
When I spotted this volume in a bargain box I just had to have it even though the condition was poor. It is, after all, the first edition of 'Walt Disney's Pinocchio' that was issued to coincide with the animated feature film that was released in February 1940. A little tender loving care has saved the book from the recycling pile and brought it back to life (not pristine mind you!) - and there is nothing more satisfying in doing that to a book!
Carlo Collodi's Victorian story (it was first published in book form in 1883) is well known and revolves around a humble woodcarver Geppetto who often worked late into the night in his workshop. He shared his workshop with his pet cat Figaro and his pet goldfish called Cleo. He would chat to his two pets and he was telling them that he was making a plaything fit for the stocking of a prince - it was a puppet. But it was no ordinary puppet for although he had a cute round face of a small boy, Geppetto had given him a very long and pointed nose.
In making the puppet Geppetto was watched by a wayfarer who had popped into the workshop having seen smoke coming out of the chimney and he had said to himself, 'Where there's smoke, there's a fire. Where there's a fire there's a hearth. And where there's a hearth, there should be a cricket!' For the wayfarer was exactly that, a cricket, by name Jiminy Cricket.
Once Geppetto had finished his puppet, he named him Pinocchio and he played with him and made him dance by working his strings. When his amusement was over he put Pinocchio down and retired to bed, wishing that Pinocchio was a real person. It was then that Jiminy Cricket, impressed by Pinocchio's little dance, addressed Figaro and Cleo with 'Look at him Figaro. He seems almost real. Wouldn't it be nice if he were alive?'
Jiminy looked out of the window and saw the Evening Star, which Geppetto called The Wishing Star. And that is what it turned out to be for later that evening it floated down into the workshop and manifested itself in the form of a fairy. She decided that Geppetto had given so much joy to others by his work that she raised her wand and said, 'Little puppet made of pine, Wake! The gift of life is thine!'
Pinocchio was told that in life he had to choose between right and wrong and the fairy told him that his conscience would tell him the difference between the two. Pinocchio did not know what a conscience was so the fairy, having explained, made Jiminy his conscience; 'Lord High Keeper of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong! Arise - Sir Jiminy Cricket!' she said.
Later in the evening Geppetto was woken by a noise and he discovered that Pinocchio could talk. 'What! You're talking?' he cried. 'No! You're only a marionette. You can't talk!' But he discovered that Pinocchio could talk and the next morning he packed him off to school with advice to choose his friends carefully.
Unfortunately Pinocchio did not do so, he was too naïve and he ended up in all sorts of trouble through mixing with the wrong sort of folk. He encountered a sharp-eyed fox, by name J Worthington Foulfellow, alias Honest John, and a rather stupid cat called Gideon. The pair led him astray, despite entreaties from Jiminy, and sold him to Stromboli's Marionette Show. He had many awful adventures with Stromboli before eventually getting away. But Foulfellow and Gideon found him again and took him to Pleasure Island, once again much against the wishes of Jiminy.
At Pleasure Island he met another crook called Lampwick and eventually he got turned into a donkey, developing donkey ears and a tail. By this time Geppetto, worried as to his whereabouts, writes a letter to Pinocchio after he had heard that he was at Pleasure Island. Jiminy discovered the letter and related its contents to Pinocchio who learned that Geppetto had made attempts to find him but had met with disaster, being swallowed by a whale, by name Monstro.
Pinocchio was upset and was desperate to locate Monstro and exciting times follow as he endeavours to do so. After many a hair-raising experience, Geppetto, Pinocchio, Figaro and Cleo plus Jiminy manage to engineer a sneeze from Monstro and they were shot out into the ocean. But Pinocchio was pale and lifeless and Geppetto was distraught. Nevertheless they made their way home where, miraculously, Pinocchio stirred and was alive once more.
Geppetto was so delighted he started all his clocks and played his music box while Figaro turned somersaults, Cleo raced madly about her bowl, Pinocchio played with his toys and Jiminy was the happiest and proudest of them all.
This is a delightful version of the classic and even brings back childhood memories of the film (on its later re-release of course!) with the words of two memorable songs, 'Give a little whistle' and 'I've no string to hold me down ... There are no strings on me'.
The book was well worth the effort in painstakingly repairing it!
Carlo Collodi's Victorian story (it was first published in book form in 1883) is well known and revolves around a humble woodcarver Geppetto who often worked late into the night in his workshop. He shared his workshop with his pet cat Figaro and his pet goldfish called Cleo. He would chat to his two pets and he was telling them that he was making a plaything fit for the stocking of a prince - it was a puppet. But it was no ordinary puppet for although he had a cute round face of a small boy, Geppetto had given him a very long and pointed nose.
In making the puppet Geppetto was watched by a wayfarer who had popped into the workshop having seen smoke coming out of the chimney and he had said to himself, 'Where there's smoke, there's a fire. Where there's a fire there's a hearth. And where there's a hearth, there should be a cricket!' For the wayfarer was exactly that, a cricket, by name Jiminy Cricket.
Once Geppetto had finished his puppet, he named him Pinocchio and he played with him and made him dance by working his strings. When his amusement was over he put Pinocchio down and retired to bed, wishing that Pinocchio was a real person. It was then that Jiminy Cricket, impressed by Pinocchio's little dance, addressed Figaro and Cleo with 'Look at him Figaro. He seems almost real. Wouldn't it be nice if he were alive?'
Jiminy looked out of the window and saw the Evening Star, which Geppetto called The Wishing Star. And that is what it turned out to be for later that evening it floated down into the workshop and manifested itself in the form of a fairy. She decided that Geppetto had given so much joy to others by his work that she raised her wand and said, 'Little puppet made of pine, Wake! The gift of life is thine!'
Pinocchio was told that in life he had to choose between right and wrong and the fairy told him that his conscience would tell him the difference between the two. Pinocchio did not know what a conscience was so the fairy, having explained, made Jiminy his conscience; 'Lord High Keeper of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong! Arise - Sir Jiminy Cricket!' she said.
Later in the evening Geppetto was woken by a noise and he discovered that Pinocchio could talk. 'What! You're talking?' he cried. 'No! You're only a marionette. You can't talk!' But he discovered that Pinocchio could talk and the next morning he packed him off to school with advice to choose his friends carefully.
Unfortunately Pinocchio did not do so, he was too naïve and he ended up in all sorts of trouble through mixing with the wrong sort of folk. He encountered a sharp-eyed fox, by name J Worthington Foulfellow, alias Honest John, and a rather stupid cat called Gideon. The pair led him astray, despite entreaties from Jiminy, and sold him to Stromboli's Marionette Show. He had many awful adventures with Stromboli before eventually getting away. But Foulfellow and Gideon found him again and took him to Pleasure Island, once again much against the wishes of Jiminy.
At Pleasure Island he met another crook called Lampwick and eventually he got turned into a donkey, developing donkey ears and a tail. By this time Geppetto, worried as to his whereabouts, writes a letter to Pinocchio after he had heard that he was at Pleasure Island. Jiminy discovered the letter and related its contents to Pinocchio who learned that Geppetto had made attempts to find him but had met with disaster, being swallowed by a whale, by name Monstro.
Pinocchio was upset and was desperate to locate Monstro and exciting times follow as he endeavours to do so. After many a hair-raising experience, Geppetto, Pinocchio, Figaro and Cleo plus Jiminy manage to engineer a sneeze from Monstro and they were shot out into the ocean. But Pinocchio was pale and lifeless and Geppetto was distraught. Nevertheless they made their way home where, miraculously, Pinocchio stirred and was alive once more.
Geppetto was so delighted he started all his clocks and played his music box while Figaro turned somersaults, Cleo raced madly about her bowl, Pinocchio played with his toys and Jiminy was the happiest and proudest of them all.
This is a delightful version of the classic and even brings back childhood memories of the film (on its later re-release of course!) with the words of two memorable songs, 'Give a little whistle' and 'I've no string to hold me down ... There are no strings on me'.
The book was well worth the effort in painstakingly repairing it!
September 2, 2010
This is really cute and the perfect length for an extended bedtime story. Disney’s version has the general gist of Collodi’s story while playing up the parts that children will enjoy best from the whale to the Blue Fairy to Pleasure Island. The pictures, taken from the Dinsey movie, are bright and colourful and there isn’t too much text on each page which holds the little kids’ interest. The story does skip from one thing to another a bit quickly but it works for children.
It starts off simply with Geppetto wishing that the puppet he created could turn into a real boy, the Blue Fairy turns up and grants him his wish with the proviso that Pinocchio has to prove himself before he can be a real boy, the crazy adventures start, Pinocchio’s nose grows when he lies and finally he does something selfless and can be a real boy. Lots of things to highlight for children here too: the importance of going to school, telling the truth and the good feeling you get from helping people. An enjoyable read overall with a message.
It starts off simply with Geppetto wishing that the puppet he created could turn into a real boy, the Blue Fairy turns up and grants him his wish with the proviso that Pinocchio has to prove himself before he can be a real boy, the crazy adventures start, Pinocchio’s nose grows when he lies and finally he does something selfless and can be a real boy. Lots of things to highlight for children here too: the importance of going to school, telling the truth and the good feeling you get from helping people. An enjoyable read overall with a message.
March 8, 2022
A kind of Reader's Digest for kids of Pinocchio's adventures.
Another fast, easy read kids will like.
Another fast, easy read kids will like.
October 4, 2016
A lot of these Disney books take one scene from the movie and focus on that, rather than telling the full story. Perhaps it's to make extra money by selling each scene as a separate book? I'm not certain of the reason, but I did always find it frustrating. This book does an excellent job of telling a stripped-down, fully illustrated version of the Pinocchio movie. The colors are more in the "bright, vibrant, kid-friendly" vein than the soft hues of the groundbreakingly animated movie, but it's still an excellent book to have on hand. My favorite part of the movie, Pleasure Island, gets a few pages, including images of the exterior (usually the editing narrows it down to the carriage ride there and the boys turning into donkeys), which makes this one worth keeping.
December 5, 2014
Desta Antologia da Disney, a história que se destaca deste livro é a do Pinóquio. O menino que aprendeu que mentir era feio e desonesto.
Numa época em que vivemos envolvidos de corrupção, em que os GRANDES que roubam milhões continuam mentindo dizendo que não roubaram. Continuando sem conseguir provar a sua inocência e de onde provieram tantos milhões.
Sugiro, a esses GRANDES SENHORES que na sua maioria o que fizeram, foi somente roubar o Zé Povinho, que se espelhem na história do Pinóquio e na sua moral.
Talvez haja ESPERANÇA e CONSCIÊNCIA para repor aquilo que retiraram do povo.
Numa época em que vivemos envolvidos de corrupção, em que os GRANDES que roubam milhões continuam mentindo dizendo que não roubaram. Continuando sem conseguir provar a sua inocência e de onde provieram tantos milhões.
Sugiro, a esses GRANDES SENHORES que na sua maioria o que fizeram, foi somente roubar o Zé Povinho, que se espelhem na história do Pinóquio e na sua moral.
Talvez haja ESPERANÇA e CONSCIÊNCIA para repor aquilo que retiraram do povo.
December 2, 2024
? Boekje meegenomen van een minibieb, vroeger vaak voorgelezen aan mijn kinderen en nu meegenomen voor de voorleesexpress omdat mijn voorleeskind dol is op Walt Disney.
🤔 Het verhaal gaat natuurlijk over jokken/liegen en de lange neus die Pinokkio daarbij krijgt. Ik was deze keer benieuwd wie het verhaal ooit verzonnen heeft(opgezocht via internet): De Italiaan Carlo Collodi in 1883 en toen was het geen kinderboek maar een allegorie tegen de heersende macht/politiek. Pinokkio werd daarin zelfs opgehangen, maar dat deerde hem niet omdat hij toch van hout was...
MW 4/12/22
🤔 Het verhaal gaat natuurlijk over jokken/liegen en de lange neus die Pinokkio daarbij krijgt. Ik was deze keer benieuwd wie het verhaal ooit verzonnen heeft(opgezocht via internet): De Italiaan Carlo Collodi in 1883 en toen was het geen kinderboek maar een allegorie tegen de heersende macht/politiek. Pinokkio werd daarin zelfs opgehangen, maar dat deerde hem niet omdat hij toch van hout was...
MW 4/12/22
April 5, 2011
4/2/11 Part of afternoon reading time on the sofa with Dad.
4/4/11 Bedtime selection - highly edited by Mom.
4/4/11 Bedtime selection - highly edited by Mom.
April 5, 2011
4/2/11 Part of afternoon reading time on the sofa with Dad.
4/4/11 Bedtime selection - highly edited by Mom.
4/4/11 Bedtime selection - highly edited by Mom.
April 5, 2011
This is a truly awful children's story. The boys love it, although they receive a highly edited version.
July 20, 2023
Pinóquio e "Os três porquinhos" eram as principais histórias que eu conhecia na época.
September 27, 2018
আমার জীবনে পড়া প্রথম বইগুলোর একটা। আহা!
May 5, 2019
It was an adorable book. It was a nice fairy tale that I could enjoy. 💕
April 6, 2024
A beautiful book for children that teaches and brings values.
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December 7, 2022
Simple picture book about the Disney movie.
March 15, 2023
جزو عجیب ترین و سرگرم کننده ترین کتاب ها، تئوری های توطئه ی در مورد داستان خیلی جذاب تر از خود کتابه ولی خب اول باید خوند تا بعدا با تئوری ها سرگرم شد.
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August 30, 2024
A simplified version of the classic Disney story.
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April 18, 2025Childhood book of Mum's
September 25, 2025
تو سرزمین حماقت، یه مزرعه بزرگ وجود داره. بهش میگن مزرعه معجزه. اگه سکه هات رو تو مزرعه بکاری و بهش آب بدی، سکه های طلا رشد میکنن و میوه میدن.
March 8, 2021
This book is so adorable for students that love disney and you want to read to student that are fantasy. The students will enjoy this book because there is also movies about the book too! Overall, great book for any ages!
August 6, 2022
I never got to watch the movie as a kid so I had to rely on this
March 7, 2008
i LOVED the whole thing, he turned into a real boy!
March 18, 2009
The best thing I can say about this book is that it instantly put Hazel to bed. It is as if you are describing the movie to someone. Boooring.
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July 2, 2009OS-DIS
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April 22, 2010I read this with both my children.
August 21, 2018
Pinocchio
Walt Disney Company
retelling of the movie with movie stills
September 14, 2011
I liked when he got a tail and ears.
August 16, 2015
My brother made me read it to him. Haha
July 17, 2017
Dokładna adaptacja bajki filmowej.
October 15, 2021
This is the story of Pinocchio. A puppet boy who just wishes to be a real boy. When Pinocchio lies though his nose grows. By the end of the story though he is turned into a real boy.
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