Collodi, Italy, birthplace of the beloved wooden puppet, honors its literary roots with parks, art and global recognition.

Consider the puppet’s strange journey: Carved from a piece of wood in 1881, he has been hoodwinked, knocked around, swallowed by a giant fish, made over by Disney and recreated as everything from a ...

With Guillermo del Toro working on writing and pre-production for The Hobbit, one would've thought it would be impossible for him to be thinking about anything else. Well, Bloody Disgusting brings us ...

This is no lie: Pinocchio is one of the most popular characters in children’s literature. It’s true, the little wooden puppet with a penchant for lying has become an Italian icon and now the subject ...

Pinocchio follows the story of Geppetto, a kind, but lonely wood-carver who builds a puppet named Pinocchio and raises him as if he were a real child. The puppet, Pinocchio, longs to be a “real boy” ...