Storytime Painting – Pinocchio – JP1147 Cheap Official

     The story of Pinocchio was written by Carlo Collodi (pen name of Carlo Lorenzini), l826-l890.  Raised in Florence, Italy, he began his writing career as a newspaperman, publishing some books in the 1850’s.  In 1881 he wrote a short story about a wooden puppet, which was well received, and went on to do a series of the Adventures of Pinocchio.