Author(s): Carlo Collodi

Children's Classics

Pinocchio is a fictional character that first appeared in 1881 in The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, and has since appeared in many adaptations of that story and others.

Carved from a piece of pine by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a small Italian village, he was created as a wooden puppet, but dreamt of becoming a real boy. The name Pinocchio is Italian for 'Pine Eye'.