Pinocchio

　　說謊鼻子會變長，好孩子永遠說實話。

　 　老木匠杰佩托替自己做了一個會跳舞、擊劍和翻筋斗的小木偶，並取名皮諾丘。神奇的是，皮諾丘只要一說謊，鼻子就會變長。老木匠打算帶著皮諾丘環遊世界， 幫自己賺些麵包填飽肚子。沒想到皮諾丘不但不乖乖聽話，還害老木匠被關進監獄，又打死苦口婆心勸他向善的蟋蟀，直到被火燒掉雙腳，他才稍微覺悟。但當了幾 天的好孩子之後，他又開始逃學、逃家，還跟著跛腳狐狸和假瞎眼貓，妄想種出金幣田……在歷經因玩樂過度變成驢子，又被大鯊魚吃進肚子之後，皮諾丘才終於徹 底覺悟，變成真正的小男孩。

　　一個小孩與大人都可一讀再讀的經典，
　　皮諾丘的歷險就像我們終將找到自我的旅程。

　 　在成長的過程中我們都曾經像是皮諾丘，對家庭與學校以外的世界有好奇、有想望（從大人的角度來看或可說是想擺脫陳舊的制約），忍不住想去探索自由無拘的 世界，在頂撞大人、面對社會現實跌跌撞撞的過程中，就像是皮諾丘不理會蟋蟀的殷切叮嚀、天真的相信金幣可以種出金幣田、會受到玩具國的誘惑……然而木匠爸 爸和藍髮仙女的愛就像拉著風箏的線牽引著皮諾丘，陪伴著他度過這一切困難。當壞孩子變得乖巧善良，就能將幸福帶到家中，幫助這個家改頭換面，從此快樂美 滿。

　　本中文簡介取自<<木偶奇遇記>>由商周出版

　　Geppetto, a poor woodcarver, crafts a marionette from a strange piece of talking wood and inadvertently brings the mischievous Pinocchio – a walking, talking, wooden boy – into the world. The naughty, selfish puppet heads off into the world and encounters all manner of unusual and dangerous characters on his adventures, undergoing a series of fiendishly imaginative trials – among them being swallowed by a giant dogfish and turned into a donkey – that will lead him to self-knowledge. Along the way he will be helped by a beautiful fairy, a talking cricket and his loving father as he learns how to become what he most longs to be – a real boy.

　　One of the most widely read books of all time, Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio is a riotous, tragicomic tale that will charm young and old with its endearing blend of mischief and magic.

　　This beautiful Macmillan Collector’s Library edition of Pinocchio features the charming illustrations of the classic British illustrator Charles Folkard and an afterword by Anna South.

卡洛．柯洛帝Carlo Collodi （1826~1890）

　　出生於義大利佛羅倫斯。本名為Carlo Lorenzini，義大利語Carlo Collodi。他是義大利著名的童話作家，《木偶奇遇記》就是他享譽全球的兒童文學經典之作。

　 　卡洛．柯洛帝剛開始是為地方報紙寫稿，1881年開始在《兒童日報》上連載《皮諾丘奇遇記》（Le Avventure di Pinocchio）。皮諾丘的故事一推出便深受各地兒童的喜愛，後來這些專欄就集結成了今天暢銷全球的《木偶奇遇記》。至今已經被翻譯多國語言，迪士尼 也曾將之改編為動畫。

　　除了《木偶奇遇記》，卡洛．柯洛迪還著有《小手杖遊義大利》、《小手杖地理》、《快樂的故事》等暢銷童書。

　　Carlo Lorenzini was born in Florence, Italy in 1826, but spent most of his childhood in the town of Collodi – the name of which he would later borrow for his famous pseudonym, Carlo Collodi. A volunteer with the Tuscan army during the Italian Wars of Independence, Collodi was politically active and, from the 1850s onwards, regularly contributed satirical articles to political newspapers. He first began to engage with a young audience of readers when he published a translation of the French Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault in 1876, and then began work on his most celebrated book, The Adventures of Pinocchio, which was published as a complete book in 1883. He died in 1890, in his home city of Florence.