Readers are in for a wildly imaginative, gorgeously illustrated ride in this classic story of a misbehaving wooden puppet whose rebellious ways lead him into all sorts of adventures. Reviews The story of the boy puppet, his desire to become real, and his sometimes mischievous ways is a familiar one, but in this book it's treated differently. It's more sophisticated and more subtle than the Walt Disney version. The language is nostalgic, and its prose has a rhythm that's reminiscent of poetry. The art is more in the style of a fine Italian artist who uses a dark palette to create more detailed illustrations instead of cartoonish ones. –Samantha Critchell, The Associated Press , 12/1/2005 Children today are more likely to have seen the Walt Disney 1940 film version of Pinocchio than to have read the original book.