I’m not sure I’ve ever seen the Disney version of ‘Pinocchio,’ but Carlo Collodi’s surreal picaresque really gets in your head. Separated from his foster father Geppetto at the beginning of the book, poor Pinocchio is his own worst enemy, as he tells himself at the end of each adventure what a naughty boy he is to make Geppetto worry so. That gets a little monotonous, but the book is written to be read to children, so each chapter is an opportunity to tell its listeners, “don’t wander far from home, don’t trust strangers, listen to your parents.” In the meantime, this little wooden boy is all but immortal, as long as he stays away from flames.