storybook contain fairy tales eventually separate stories albeit intended adult audience giulio cesare croce also borrowed stories children enjoyed books ref name silvey ref carlo collodi wrote ''the adventures pinocchio'' also first italian fantasy novel year emilio salgari man would become adventure writer par excellence young italy published first time famous ''sandokan'' th century italian children 's literature represented writers gianni rodari author ''il romanzo di cipollino'' nicoletta costa creator
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