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Pinocchio
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
Audiobook3 hours

Pinocchio

Written by Michael Morpurgo

Narrated by Michael Morpurgo

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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The perfect gift for all ages, Pinocchio as you’ve never seen him before: telling his own story through the master storyteller and award-winning author of WAR HORSE.

“Now – there’s no point in pretending here – I was, and still am deep down, a puppet. Everyone knows Pinocchio is a puppet. I reckon I must be just about the most famous puppet the world has ever known. But the truth is I’m not just a puppet, I’m more than just bits of wood and string. I’m me. So I thought it was about time that I, Pinocchio, told you my story…”

So begins this stunningly beautiful interpretation of the classic story. Michael Morpurgo channels Pinocchio’s words to tell the famous puppet’s story in his own inimitable, cheeky and always funny way.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateJan 1, 2015
ISBN9780007535453
Pinocchio
Author

Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children, with sales of over 35 million copies. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children’s Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Looooove it! Read by the author who has an incredible voice and talent. Best version by far of this story that I've ever heard. My kids age 7 and 13 enjoyed it too. Can't wait to explore more from this author
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    In this fictional autobiography, it is Pinocchio himself who narrates his many well-known, and a few lesser-known, adventures. I read this together with my 7-year-old son, and in typical Morpurgo fashion the story provides lots of discussion points, without ever raising the moralistic finger. The fact that it is Pinocchio who judges his own behaviour in hindsight I feel makes this a lot easier for children to relate to, seeing as they are probably often torn in two as to what is right, and which course of action to pursue. But as with some other of Morpurgo's books, I thought the ending was unduly rushed after having spent so much time exploring Pinocchio's adventures, and felt like 'Oh, is that it?'Emma Chichester Clark's illustrations add significantly to the charm of this book, but because of the often fairly complex psychology behind characters' motivations, I wouldn't recommend this for very young children.