vii, 157 pp. Translated from the Italian by Walter S. Cramp. With an introduction by Carl Van Doren. Illustrations by Richard Floethe. "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""
