No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. - Helen Keller
TODAY'S BOOK:
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Yes, it is time that I included a "children's book".
Please, please, ignore all the versions that tone it down to a Disney-ish cute story. (Not that the 1940s Disney movie was bad - it was charming. But the book is better.) When, as a youngster, I read this in the original version (translated from the Italian), I cried because it was so sad in places. Yet I found it gripping, even though the original novel is long and the language is quite dense for a young kid reading it on her/his own.
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