Every child knows about Pinocchio, the

wooden puppet who comes to life and

discovers that his nose grows longer

every time he tells a lie - but there is

much more to the original story than that.

Meet the friendly old puppeteer Geppetto

and watch as his creation struggles

through a web of challenges, developing

from an egotistical child into a boy who

understands that others have feelings

too.

Every parent will recognize Pinocchio s

traits - the abhorrence of hypocrisy, the

stubbornness, laziness, and his

propensity to lie and lie, digging a deeper

hole for himself with every word. Collodi s

character is an hilarious psychological

study of the selfishness of childhood, as

well as an addictively well-told story.

卡洛·科洛迪（Carlo Collodi）原名卡爾洛·洛倫齊尼，1826年11月24日齣生在意大利托斯坎納地區一個叫科洛迪的小鎮。他的筆名便是由這個小鎮的名稱而來。科洛迪精通法文，曾翻譯過法國貝羅的童話，為廣大小讀者所喜愛。

科洛迪一生中，曾寫過許多短篇小說、隨筆、評論，然而最著名的要數他寫給孩子們看的童話故事，這些童話想像力豐富，人物形象栩栩如生，情節麯摺動人，為他贏得瞭巨大的聲譽。

主要作品有：《小手杖》（1876）、《小木片》（1878）、《小手杖漫遊意大利》、《小手杖地理》、《小手杖文法》、《木偶奇遇記》、《眼睛和鼻子》（1881）、《快樂的故事》（1887），最後兩部作品是《愉快的符號》和《諷刺雜談》（1892）。