Pinocchio (Cartoon Classics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080509699X ISBN 13: 9780805096996

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2014

Synopsis

When a woodcutter discovers a piece of wood that speaks, he is quick to sell it to a poor puppet-maker named Gepetto. And Pinocchio, the walking, talking, lying puppet comes to life!

Pinocchio's adventures take him to the Field of Miracles, where a blind Cat and limping Fox trick him into giving up his money. He accidentally kills a Cricket and is later visited by its helpful ghost. He is cared for by the Blue Fairy and tricked into going to Toyland with his rambunctious schoolmates. And in the end, when his father has been swallowed by a giant shark, Pinocchio finally realizes how his ungrateful ways have hurt the person who most cared for him. As he tries to save Gepetto, he learns that being kind is the best way to repay kindness.

Kate McMullan's Pinocchio is the first book in an exciting new graphic chapter book series―Cartoon Classics―that features beloved stories for the contemporary visual reader.

About this title

About the Author

Kate McMullan is the author of many books for young readers, including I Stink!, winner of a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor; I'm Mighty; and Meg's Prairie Diary, a historical fiction trilogy set in St. Louis and Kansas in 1856. Ms. McMullan lives in New York City and Sag Harbor, New York, with her husband and collaborator, noted illustrator Jim McMullan, their daughter, two cats, and a dog.
Pascal Lemaitre illustrated Toni and Slade Morrison's bestselling Who's Got Game? series and Doctor Ted and Hush, Baby Ghostling by Andrea Beaty. He lives in Brussels, Belgium, and Brooklyn, New York.

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CHAPTER ONE

MR. CHERRY

 

ONCE there was a piece of wood.

When Mr. Cherry the carpenter saw it, he said, “This will make a fine table leg.”

As he raised his hatchet to chop the bark off, a little voice said,

“Who said that?” cried Mr. Cherry.

He looked around. No one was there.

Again he raised his hatchet—WHACK!

“Ouch!” cried the little voice.

“Stop that!” shouted Mr. Cherry, and he threw the wood against the wall.

BAM!

Mr. Cherry listened. He didn’t hear the voice, so he picked up the wood and began scraping off the rough spots.

“That tickles!” laughed the little voice, and Mr. Cherry fainted—THUD!

CHAPTER TWO

GEPPETTO

KNOCK-KNOCK!

“Who’s there?” called Mr. Cherry.

“Geppetto!” cried a poor wood carver, and in he came. “I want to make a puppet,” he said. “A singing, dancing puppet to help me earn my bread. Will you give me wood for my puppet?”

“Gladly!” Mr. Cherry held out the talking piece of wood. All at once, the wood began to shake. It flew out of Mr. Cherry’s hand and struck Geppetto’s leg.

“Ow!” yelled Geppetto. “Why did you throw that wood at me?”

“I didn’t,” cried Mr. Cherry.

“You did!” cried Geppetto.

The two had a terrible fight, but it ended with a handshake.

Geppetto took the piece of wood and limped home to his cottage.

CHAPTER THREE

PINOCCHIO

“I AM your daddy,” Geppetto said as he carved a head and eyes onto the piece of wood.

“And you are my Pinocchio.”

Geppetto carved a nose. It began to grow!

He carved a mouth. The puppet stuck out his tongue.

He carved arms and hands. The puppet pulled Geppetto’s hair.

He carved legs and feet. The puppet kicked him.

“Bad boy!” cried Geppetto. But he showed his wooden son how to walk by putting one foot in front of the other. No sooner could Pinocchio walk than he began to run. He ran out the door and down the street.

Geppetto ran after him, but the puppet ran faster.

People laughed to see the chase.

“Catch him!” Geppetto called to a pair of police officers.

An officer grabbed Pinocchio by the nose.

“The puppet’s only having fun,” said a man.

“Geppetto has a temper,” said a woman. “He will break that puppet to bits!”

“Is that right?” said the officer. He set Pinocchio down. The puppet took off running.

And Geppetto? The officers took him to jail.

 

Text copyright © 2014 by Kate McMullan

Illustrations copyright © 2014 by Pascal Lemaitre

Edition details

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 080509699X
• ISBN 13: 9780805096996
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144
• Illustrator: Lemaitre Pascal