PopUp Edition. Here in pop-up pictures and text is the mischievous adventures of the animated marionette Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto.Pinocchio gets up to all sorts of mischief and, famously, his nose grows when he tells lies some of which get him and his poor father into serious trouble. Eventually rescued by the Fairy with the Turquoise Hair and transformed into a real boy, this is famously a moral story about the benefits of taking responsibility and being good.