The Coachman The Coachman The Coachman (), also known as The Little Man ("L'Omino"), is a fictional character who appears in Carlo Collodi's 1883 book "The Adventures of Pinocchio" ("Le avventure di Pinocchio"). The Coachman is introduced in chapter XXXI, and is described as thus: The coachman’s name is never revealed, though he identifies himself in Chapter XXXII as merely “The Little Man” ("L’Omino"). He drives to Busy Bee Island ("Isola delle Api Industriose") on a coach pulled by twenty-four donkeys which mysteriously wear white shoes on their hooves. By the time he arrives to take Pinocchio and Candlewick to the Land
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (orig. "Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige", "Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey across Sweden") is a work of fiction by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. It was published in two books, "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" in 1906 and "Further Adventures of Nils" in 1907. These two are usually combined into a single book called "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils", although that name could also describe the first book only. The background for publication was a commission from the National Teachers Association in 1902 to write a geography reader for the