Collodi, Italy, birthplace of the beloved wooden puppet, honors its literary roots with parks, art and global recognition.

Author Carlo Collodi may have drawn inspiration from one—or a few—female figures in his life Antonia Mufarech - Correspondent The Blue-Haired Fairy and the Talking Cricket try to make Pinocchio drink ...

COLLODI, Province of Pistoia — When most people travel to Tuscany, they will spend time inside museums in Florence. They go to Pisa to see the Leaning Tower. They get behind the wheel of a Fiat 500 ...

Forget what you know from the cartoon. The 19th-century story, now in a new translation, was a rallying cry for universal education and Italian nationhood “Once upon a time, there was a piece of wood.

COLLODI, Province of Pistoia — In the hills of Tuscany, a small village continues to celebrate one of the world’s most famous fictional characters: Pinocchio. Collodi, with its terracotta rooftops and ...

Asked to name the two most important things about Pinocchio, most Americans would answer: First, his nose grows when he lies, and second, he is a wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy. At ...

Of the half-dozen or so films that turned Walt Disney, in the public’s mind, from the father of Mickey Mouse to the creator of the animated fairy-tale feature—thereby making his work a fixture in the ...

Meticulous direction and an excellent cast bring to life the story of Geppetto and the puppet he crafts from wood ‘Fast is FUN!” bellows Pinocchio as he tears about the stage, testing the limits of ...

The publisher has timed this unabridged edition of Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, illus. by Gris Grimly, to hit bookstores just before Roberto Benigni's (Life Is Beautiful) feature film based on the book.