Not safe for children:

Carlo Collodi's original 1883 version of the marionette who wanted to be a boy.

Listen, watch, and read Collodi’s frightening words that reveal shocking similarities to America.

• Hedonistic play.

• Resisting police apprehension.

• Murder over morality.

• Vulnerable children enticed into the “Land of Toys” where they are enslaved by a millionaire trafficker (Disney's version had them on an island).

• Manipulation for money.

• Endorsing illegal behavior, including murder.

• Beating, hanging, and drowning.

• Not wanting to work.

• Rationalizing theft.

• Wandering streets from morning till night.

• Children’s bodies permanently modified by puppeteers playing gods.

Did Collodi foreshadow what we would face in America today????

For one small price, you’ll get the audio/videobook, flipbook, and eBook versions of this tragic tale.

Spoken version read by Mark F. Smith, Librivox