The Adventures of Pinocchio (ESL/EFL Version)

This book is Volume II-10 of the series of readers of Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP). It is suitable for readers with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a project in which ESL/EFL learners at elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words) are expected to read one million words within two or three years, and reach upper-intermediate level (with a vocabulary of about 3,500 words). This project contains about 40 simplified readers, enough for an ESL/EFL learner to read for two years, and this list is growing.

[Text Information]
Readability || 89.3
Total word count || 24020
Words beyond 1500 || 1165
Headwords beyond 1500 || 356
Unknown word percentage (%) || 4.85
Unknown headword percentage (%) || 1.48
Unknown headword occurrence || 3.28
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more || 66
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more || 195

[Synopsis]
Poor Geppetto carves a marionette and names it Pinocchio. Pinocchio wishes to become a real child. But like many children, he is naughty and often runs away from school. After many adventures, he is taken to the Land of Toys. There, he turns into a donkey. And at last, he falls into the belly of a big shark….
Can his wish be realized after all?
This book is rewritten from “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by Italian author C. Collodi (1826 – 1890), published in 1880. It has been adapted in over 240 languages worldwide and has been made into plays and films.