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One night, Geppetto the wood carver made a wish. He wished his puppet Pinocchio were a real boy! When the Blue Fairy brings Pinocchio to life, she tells the puppet he can become a real boy if he proves himself brave, truthful, and unselfish. Listen along as Pinocchio embarks on a journey of a lifetime!

Magical retellings of three classic fairy tales, read by Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan. "Pinocchio": When Geppetto makes a wooden puppet of a little boy, he is astonished when the puppet comes to life! But Pinocchio dreams of being a real boy.... "The Princess and the Pea": The King and Queen have made all the plans for their son's Royal Wedding, but the Prince still hasn't chosen a bride. Will he ever find a wife who is a princess through and through? "Tom Thumb": A woodcutter and his wife are desperate for a child - even one as small as his father's thumb.

Pinocchio wakes ones morning excited to learn the night before hadn't been a dream. The Blue Fairy had answered a wish and turning him into a real boy. Join the fun in this audio tale as Pinocchio spends his first day as a real boy learning about the world around him.

The perfect gift for all ages, Pinocchio as you’ve never seen him before: telling his own story through the master storyteller and award-winning author of WAR HORSE. “Now – there’s no point in pretending here – I was, and still am deep down, a puppet. Everyone knows Pinocchio is a...

When the old woodcarver Geppetto decides to make a puppet boy to dance and turn somersaults, he doesn't know that he has chosen a magical piece of wood. To his amazement, his puppet can talk and play just like the liveliest child. But a human soul must be earned; and thus begin the adventures of Pinocchio.

A mischievous wooden puppet comes to life and wants to become a real boy.

Con questo audiolibro Gruppo Mondadori si impegna a sostenere l'operato di SOS Villaggi dei Bambini in favore dei bambini e le loro famiglie attraverso una donazione. L'audiolibro è letto in sinergia tra rappresentanti di tutte le generazioni, per costruire una storia unica e dare "una voce a ogni voce". Uno dei capolavori letterari di tutti i tempi. Ma soprattutto un racconto, come sottolinea il professor Giancarlo Alfano nella sua introduzione, di una "potenza mitologica" tale che "gli ha permesso di affermarsi molto velocemente nell'immaginario mondiale".

Avec la fantaisie et la sensibilité qu'on lui connait, Marlène Jobert raconte dans cette collection les plus beaux contes du monde. Ces récits captivants, où se mêlent le merveilleux et l'aventure, enchanteront l'imaginaire des enfants tout en leur transmettant des valeurs essentielles comme la justice, la générosité, le courage, la persévérance, la tolérance... des clés fondamentales pour vivre en harmonie.

Pinocchio is a wooden puppet who comes to life and has the most astonishing adventure. A naughty, mischievous creature, he is full of good intentions but is greedy, and lets nothing stand in his way. His maker, poor Gepetto, loves him like a son, but Pinocchio just can't stay out of trouble.

"Mi piacciono i toscanismi della lingua di Collodi, adoro la sua voce e le voci dei suoi personaggi, che io provavo ad accennare quando leggevo il racconto ai figlioli prima di addormentarli. Le sue pagine sembrano fatte apposta per la lettura ad alta voce. La voce di Collodi è aspra, concreta, esatta, abrasiva. Ha una musica stupenda, ruvida, e a volte può essere languida e dolcissima, ma sempre accompagnata da un sorrisetto di beffa. Collodi vuole bene ai suoi personaggi, al suo protagonista, ma allo stesso tempo li prende in giro, li sfotte, li avvolge in una luce ironica"

Pinocchio is a naughty, disobedient wooden puppet that longs to grow up and become a real boy, but as long as he misbehaves and disappoints his father, old Gepetto, he is doomed and his dream will never be realized.

Mischievous, lazy, and full of tricks, the puppet Pinocchio causes trouble for his creator, Geppetto, almost as soon as he comes to life. Yet, more than anything, this naughty and playful creature wants to become a real boy. To make his dreams come true, he must prove himself worthy. Come along on Pinocchio's amazing journey as he learns - the hard way - what it means to be honest, kind, and, above all, human.

Inizia così il romanzo Le avventure di Pinocchio. Volevamo che qualcuno raccontasse le sue avventure per far sperimentare ai più piccoli, ma anche ai grandi, le suggestioni e le emozioni che scaturiscono dall’ascolto di una favola. Geppetto, il gatto e la volpe, la fata turchina, l’omino di burro, il pappagallo, la marmotta, la lumaca, Il delfino, il pescatore verde, il tonno e il cane Alidoro, sono solo alcuni dei circa cinquanta personaggi del racconto, interpretati da un cast di ventidue attori professionisti, sotto l’attenta e curata regia del narratore.

Pinocchio, a marionette, must earn the right to become a real boy by proving to be truthful, brave and selfless. He is assisted by Jimmy Cricket, his assigned conscience...

Do you need help getting your children to love reading? This audiobook will help to train your childen's imaginations. This is not just the story your children already know. We produce the popular stories as new.

Candlewick is a young boy who’s an orphan, and he longs to belong to a family. He envies Pinocchio and the other children in his village for their good luck and fortune, while his caretaker is a strict restaurant owner who treats him like a servant. One day, he’s invited to go to a magical place with promises of fun and a place where he’s free to be whoever he wants to be, but it all comes with a price.

In this Italian children's classic, a lonely toymaker named Gepetto creates a small wooden puppet who magically comes to life. In a series of mischievous adventures, Pinocchio thinks he can get by on a variety of clever lies and tricks. There is one problem: his nose grows every time he tells a lie. One way or another, the truth always comes out, and Pinocchio finds out that lying does not pay.

Gepetto sculpte un petit pantin de bois et fait le vœu qu'il prenne vie. Son vœu est exaucé et Pinocchio doit alors aller à l'école comme tous les enfants. Il rencontre en chemin les malicieux Gédéon et Grand Coquin qui vont le détourner de sa promesse d'aller à l'école.

Entrò in bottega un vecchietto tutto arzillo, il quale aveva nome Geppetto; ma i ragazzi del vicinato, quando lo volevano far montare su tutte le furie, lo chiamavano col soprannome di Polendina, a motivo della sua parrucca gialla, che somigliava moltissimo alla polendina di granturco.

Carlo Collodi, whose real name was Carlo Lorenzini,was a Florentine children's writer most famous for this world-renowned fairytale novel. The name "Pinocchio" is a Tuscan word meaning "pine nut." The story concerns a puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy. The book has appeared in many adaptations including the famous 1940 Disney movie.