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.

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. We learn in the biographical note to Everyman’s new edition of Pinocchio that Carlo Collodi never had ...

Iassen Ghiuselev brings the famous puppet-turned-boy to life in Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, trans. by Carol della Chiesa. His b&w drawings possess the detail and craftsmanship of woodcuts, his ...