And here’s something even crazier: Lemony Snicket — renowned author of A Series of Unfortunate Events ... “The adventures of Pinocchio are a torrent of misery and abuse, punctuated ...

"Because it's the family series, we wanted to make it a lot more ... described the story's broader appeal. "We chose Pinocchio because we think that it's a great show to just talk about kind ...

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Pinocchio and Geppetto are reunited ... For details of the 21 extracts appearing in this series (dotted throughout the activities), see the story compilation following each summary table.

However, unaware of Pinocchio’s naïve nature, as James introduces him to the world it results in the doll going on a crusade to eliminate all things “bad.” ...