"The New Adventures of Pinocchio (TV series) The New Adventures of Pinocchio is a syndicated stop motion animated television series produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in the United States and made by Dentsu Studios in Japan. Created by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and his partner Jules Bass, it was based on the book ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"" written by Italian author, Carlo Collodi. The series was Rankin/Bass' first production to be made in ""Animagic"", a stop motion puppet technique which, in association with the company, was done by Tadahito Mochinaga's MOM Productions (before Mochinaga leaves for China after the finished animation for"
"Carlo Collodi Carlo Lorenzini, better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi (; 24 November 1826 – 26 October 1890), was an Italian author, humorist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"". Collodi was born in Florence on 24 November 1826. His mother Angiolina Orzali was a seamstress from the town of Collodi from which he took the stage-name and his father, Domenico Lorenzini was a cook and both worked for the Marquis Ginori Lisci. Collodi was the eldest in the family and he had 10 siblings but seven died at a young age."
"di un burattino"" (""Story of a Marionette""), also called ""Le avventure di Pinocchio"", which was published weekly in ""Il Giornale per i Bambini"", the first Italian newspaper for children. Pinocchio was adapted into a 1940 film by Disney Lorenzini died suddenly on the evening of 26 October 1890, in Florence. Carlo Collodi Carlo Lorenzini, better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi (; 24 November 1826 – 26 October 1890), was an Italian author, humorist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"". Collodi was born in Florence on 24 November 1826. His mother Angiolina"
"and non-fiction books published. Once, he translated some French fairy-tales so well that he was asked whether he would like to write some of his own. In 1881, he sent a short episode in the life of a wooden puppet to a friend who edited a newspaper in Rome, wondering whether the editor would be interested in publishing this ""bit of foolishness"" in his children's section. The editor did, and the children loved it. ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"" were serialized in the paper in 1881–2, and then published in 1883 with huge success. In the original, serialized version, Pinocchio dies"
"Carlo Chiostri Carlo Chiostri (5 May 1863 in Florence – 9 July 1939 in Florence) was a self-taught Italian painter and graphic artist, best known for being one of the earliest illustrators for the book version of ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"". He began working as an illustrator in the 1890s, primarily for the publishing houses of Adriano Salani Editore, and Casa Editrice Nerbini. His drawings for Pinocchio were done in pen and watercolor, then engraved on wood . His designs for ""Ciondolino"" (1896) by Vamba, were made into etchings which were then ""restituiti all'eleganza e alla grazia dell'originale"" (returned to"
"of art performance. His last works, such as ""The invisible cities"", present a return to the myth and to his first surrealistic oils on canvas. Most of his works are exhibited at galleries in Europe and the United States. His major work remains ""A probable death of Pinocchio"", a project he had been drawing out throughout his life. Deeply influenced by the main protagonist of the 1883 children's novel ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"", by Carlo Collodi, an Italian writer, he tried to conceive an alternative destiny for Pinocchio, which was guilty, according to Jervolino, of being a traitor towards his"
"Dove: Melancholy of a Gray Cat). Later, he designed postcards. Federico Fellini had this to say about Pinocchio and Chiostri: Carlo Chiostri Carlo Chiostri (5 May 1863 in Florence – 9 July 1939 in Florence) was a self-taught Italian painter and graphic artist, best known for being one of the earliest illustrators for the book version of ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"". He began working as an illustrator in the 1890s, primarily for the publishing houses of Adriano Salani Editore, and Casa Editrice Nerbini. His drawings for Pinocchio were done in pen and watercolor, then engraved on wood . His designs"
"Lorenzini was supposedly inspired from his obsession with the human nose. The popularity of the story was bolstered by the powerful philosopher-critic Benedetto Croce, who greatly admired the tale and reputed it as one of the greatest works of Italian literature. The book has had great impact on world culture, and it was met with enthusiastic reviews worldwide. The title character is a cultural icon and one of the most reimagined characters in children's literature. As of October 2018, ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"" became the world's most translated book (over 300 languages) excluding religious works. The story begins in Tuscany,"
"Buratino Buratino (Russian: Буратино) is the main character of the book ""The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino"" (1936) by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, which is based on the 1883 novel ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"" by Carlo Collodi. Buratino originated as a character in the commedia dell'arte. The name Buratino is derived from the Italian ""burattino"", which means wooden puppet or doll. The book was published in 1936, and Buratino quickly became hugely popular among children in the Soviet Union, and remains so to this day (In other words, Buratino is one of the most popular characters of Russian children's"
"poem. It was uncompleted at the time of his death. In 1708, Charles Gildon published an adaptation of ""The Golden Ass"", titled ""The New Metamorphosis"". A year later in 1709, he published a re-adaptation, titled ""The Golden Spy"", which is regarded as the first, fully-fledged it-narrative in English. In 1821, Charles Nodier published ""Smarra ou les Demons de la Nuit"" influenced by a lecture of Apuleius. In 1883, Carlo Collodi published ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"" which includes an episode in which the puppet protagonist is transformed into an ass. Another character who is transformed alongside him is named Lucignolo (Candlewick"
"Mary Ann Kilner Mary Ann Kilner (née Maze) (1753–1831) was a prolific English writer of children's books in the late 18th century. The most famous was ""The Adventures of a Pincushion"" (c. 1780–1783). Together, she and her sister-in-law, Dorothy Kilner, published over thirty books. Mary Ann published under the name ""S. S."", which stood for her home in Spital Square, London. Mary Ann was born on 14 December 1753 at Spital (then Spittal) Square, London, the youngest child of James Maze (d. 1794), a prosperous Huguenot silk throwster and merchant. She was bilingual in English and French and said to"
"CE) Zephyrus, the west wind, carries Psyche away. Later an ant feels sorry for her and helps her in her quest. Building on the popularity of fables and fairy tales, specifically ""children's"" literature began to emerge in the nineteenth century with works such as ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" (1865) by Lewis Carroll, ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"" (1883) by Carlo Collodi and ""The Jungle Book"" (1894) by Rudyard Kipling, all employing anthropomorphic elements. This continued in the twentieth century with many of the most popular titles having anthropomorphic characters, examples being ""The Tale of Peter Rabbit"" (1901) and later books by"
"the late 19th century, a realistic literary movement called ""Verismo"" played a major role in Italian literature; Giovanni Verga and Luigi Capuana were its main exponents. In the same period, Emilio Salgari, writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction, published his ""Sandokan"" series. In 1883, Carlo Collodi also published the novel ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"", the most celebrated children's classic by an Italian author and the most translated non-religious book in the world. A movement called Futurism influenced Italian literature in the early 20th century. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti wrote ""Manifesto of Futurism"", called for the use"
"Mister Geppetto Mister Geppetto ( ; ), also ""Mastro Geppetto"", is a fictional character in the novel ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"" by Carlo Collodi. Geppetto is an elderly, impoverished woodcarver and the creator (and thus 'father') of Pinocchio. He wears a yellow wig resembling cornmeal mush (called ""polendina""), and consequently his neighbors call him ""Polendina"" to annoy him. The name ""Geppetto"" is a diminutive form of ""Giuseppe"" (""Joseph""). Geppetto is introduced when carpenter Mister Antonio finds a talking block of pinewood that he was about to carve into a leg for his table. When Geppetto drops by looking for a"
"the big ""nose"" of the launcher. A location in the story, Поле чудес [в Стране́ Дурако́в], literally ""The Field of Wonders [in the Land of Fools]"", is used as the name of the Russian adaptation of the American game show ""Wheel of Fortune"". Buratino Buratino (Russian: Буратино) is the main character of the book ""The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino"" (1936) by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, which is based on the 1883 novel ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"" by Carlo Collodi. Buratino originated as a character in the commedia dell'arte. The name Buratino is derived from the Italian ""burattino"", which"
"demand from readers, the episodes were resumed on 16 February 1882. In February 1883, the story was published in a single book. Since then, the spread of Pinocchio on the main markets for children's book of the time was continuous and uninterrupted, and it was met with enthusiastic reviews worldwide. An universal icon and a metaphor of the human condition, the book is considered a canonical piece of children's literature and has had great impact on world culture. Philosopher Benedetto Croce reputed it as one of the greatest works of Italian literature. Since its first publication, it has inspired hundreds"
"and fiction, but also to internationally well known fictional and historical characters such as Pinocchio, Charles Dickens, Hippocrates, and Jesus. Luigi Cornaro Alvise Cornaro, often Italianised Luigi (1467 or 1464 – 8 May 1566), was a Venetian nobleman and patron of arts, also remembered for his four books of ""Discorsi"" (published 1583–95) about the secrets to living long and well with measure and sobriety. Born in Padua, the son of an innkeeper, who claimed a connection to the noble Cornaro family of Venice, a connection he was at pains to prove, Cornaro expanded a modest stake from his mother's brother"
"state school for teaching pottery, now called L'Istituto Statale d'Arte. Sesto Fiorentino was annexed by plebiscite to the newly unified Kingdom of Italy in 1860. The town was a protagonist in the late 19th century workers struggle, and in 1897 it elected the second socialist member ever of the Italian Parliament, Giuseppe Pescetti. In 1899 it was the first town in Tuscany to have a socialist mayor. Sesto Fiorentino is twinned with: Sesto Fiorentino and its surroundings inspired the setting for the book ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"". Sherlock Holmes scholars determined that the unnamed Italian town in ""The Adventure of"
"The Fairy with Turquoise Hair The Fairy with Turquoise Hair (, often simply referred to as ""La Fata Turchina"") is a fictional character in Italian writer Carlo Collodi's 1883 book ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"". She repeatedly appears at critical moments in Pinocchio's wanderings to admonish the little wooden puppet to avoid bad or risky behavior. Although the naïvely willful marionette initially resists her good advice, he later comes to follow her instruction. She in turn protects him, and later enables his assumption of human form, contrary to the prior wooden form. The character is the inspiration for the Blue Fairy"
"Fairy Tale for a Land Baby"", by Reverend Charles Kingsley (1862), which became extremely popular in England, and remains a classic of British children's literature. In 1883, Carlo Collodi wrote the first Italian fantasy novel, ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"", which was translated many times. In that same year, Emilio Salgari, the man who would become ""the adventure writer par excellence for the young in Italy"" first published his legendary character ""Sandokan"". In Britain, ""The Princess and the Goblin"" and its sequel ""The Princess and Curdie"", by George MacDonald, appeared in 1872 and 1883, and the adventure stories ""Treasure Island"" and"
"eccentric industrialist and explorer named Merriweather Adam Pleasure that disappeared in the 1940s. Land of Toys The Land of Toys () is a fictional location in the Italian novel ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"" (1883). It is also known as ""Funland"" or ""Playtime Land."" It is disguised as a haven of freedom and anarchy for boys and occasionally girls. In the Disney film adaptation of the novel, the land is renamed as Pleasure Island. The size and nature of such location is unclear (the Disney adaptation depicts it as a large, island-sized amusement park that parallels Disneyland itself, whereas the novel"
"Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of world-famous children's fiction, notably ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" and its sequel ""Through the Looking-Glass"". He was noted for his facility at word play, logic and fantasy. The poems ""Jabberwocky"" and ""The Hunting of the Snark"" are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer and Anglican deacon. Carroll came from a family of high church Anglicans, and developed a long relationship with Christ Church, Oxford, where he lived for"
"Land of Toys The Land of Toys () is a fictional location in the Italian novel ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"" (1883). It is also known as ""Funland"" or ""Playtime Land."" It is disguised as a haven of freedom and anarchy for boys and occasionally girls. In the Disney film adaptation of the novel, the land is renamed as Pleasure Island. The size and nature of such location is unclear (the Disney adaptation depicts it as a large, island-sized amusement park that parallels Disneyland itself, whereas the novel implies it is at least as large as a township); the ambiguity in"
"John Strickland Goodall John Strickland Goodall (7 June 1908 – 2 June 1996) was a British author, watercolor painter and illustrator best known for his wordless picture adventures (one award-winning example being ""The Adventures of Paddy Pork""), although his output has included more conventional pictures, and illustrations for a wide range of publications (including the ""Radio Times"") and books by the ""fictitious village schoolmistress Miss Read"". To a large extent, Goodall became one of England's most beloved artists due to the subject matter of his works, the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Goodall was born in Heacham in Norfolk on 7"
"Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction."
"Pinocchio (1972 film) Pinocchio (Italian: Un burattino di nome Pinocchio, literally ""A puppet named Pinocchio"") is a 1972 Italian animated film adaptation of Carlo Collodi's ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"". It was directed by Giuliano Cenci and produced by Cartoons Cinematografica Italiana. The English-dubbed version was released in the United States by G.G. Communications in 1978. The film was directed by Giuliano Cenci with assistance from his brother Renzo. During production, Carlo Collodi's grandchildren Mario and Antonio Lorenzini were consulted. The subtle movements made by fidgeting children whilst speaking or under scrutiny were incorporated into Pinocchio's movements, particularly when he lies"
"Pinocchio and Geppetto living happily ever after. Geppetto is a major villain in the ""Fables"" comic series written by Bill Willingham and published by DC Comics. His actions are responsible for the entire premise of the comic book, in that he is the being known as ""The Adversary"" who masterminded the conquest of the Fable homelands, forcing the Fables to flee into the mundane world. Mister Geppetto Mister Geppetto ( ; ), also ""Mastro Geppetto"", is a fictional character in the novel ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"" by Carlo Collodi. Geppetto is an elderly, impoverished woodcarver and the creator (and thus"
"life as a young girl, a mother and grandmother. A film has been made based on this novel Il birichino di papà, Italy, 1943, directed by Raffaello Matarazzo with music by Nino Rota. Henny Koch Henny Koch (22 September 1854 – 13 June 1925) was a translator and a German children's author. She was born in Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse. From 1898 on, she lived in Jugenheim an der Bergstraße in Hessia, Germany, where she died in 1925. She produced the first German translation of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1890. Henny Koch wrote 29 books,"
"Charles Pinot Duclos Charles Pinot (or Pineau) Duclos (12 February 1704 – 26 March 1772) was a French author and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers"". Duclos was born at Dinan in Brittany and studied at Paris. After some time spent in dissipation he began to cultivate the society of wits and joined a club of young men who published their literary efforts under such titles as ""Recueil de ces messieurs"", ""Étrennes de la saint Jean"", ""Œufs de Pâques"" etc. His romance ""Acajou et Zirphile"" was the result of a wager among"
"Sara Jane Lippincott Sara Jane Lippincott (pseudonym Grace Greenwood, September 23, 1823 – April 20, 1904) was an American author, poet, correspondent, lecturer, and newspaper founder. One of the first women to gain access into the Congressional press galleries, she used her questions to advocate for social reform and women's rights. Her best known books for children are entitled, ""History of My Pets"" (1850); ""Recollections of My Childhood"" (1851); ""Stories of Many Lands"" (1866); ""Merrie England"" (1854); ""Bonnie Scotland"" (1861); ""Stories and Legends of Travel and History""; ""Stories and Sights of France and Italy"" (1867). The volumes for older readers"
"and three novels, most of which deal with existential struggles of people in the remote hamlets of the rural Zagora during wartimes. The short story ""Gost"" (The Guest) is one of his first works (published in 1940), but also his best and most famous. In addition to writing screenplays, articles and reviews, Kaleb was also a translator, his most notable work being the translation of Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio. Kaleb’s works have also been translated into Albanian, English, French, German, Italian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene and Macedonian. Short stories Novels Vjekoslav Kaleb Vjekoslav Kaleb (27 September 1905 – 13 April 1996)"
"D’Alò Bernard makes the film « Pupinocchio » in the studio La lanterna Magica, Turin. This is a graphic fantasy combining the characters of Pinocchio and the Pupi siciliennes. Francis Bernard is also author of the play entitled « Attentat à la peinture » first performed in Bruxelles in the Halles de Schaerbeek and then in Turin, Gênes and Milan. Parts of the play were also performed in the Théâtre du Rond-Point in Paris which Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud were the directors-organizers. Ahmed Ben Diab, visual artist and musician composed the score. In 1980, Francis Bernard illustrated books by"
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (or, in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry ""Huck"" Finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels (""Tom Sawyer Abroad"" and ""Tom Sawyer, Detective"") and a friend of Tom"