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CRRL Kids: Puppets for You

Books and Web sites to help you get your puppet show on the road.

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  • Learn how to make fun puppets with one of Jim Henson's puppeteers. Includes projects and skits.
    DVD, 2008[LaCrosse, Wis.] : Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, [2008], ©2008. — 7.4559 Ac
  • Ashley Bryan's Puppets

    Making Something From Everything

    Bryan, Ashley
    Not so much a how-to as a very inspiring book from a wonderful children's author and illustrator.
    Book, 2014New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2014. — 811 Br
  • Fantastic Theater

    Puppets and Plays for Young Performers and Young Audiences

    Sierra, Judy
    Thirty puppet plays adapted from nursery rhymes, folk songs, fables, poetry, folktales, and myths with instructional chapters on making and using rod and shadow puppets and puppet stages.
    Book, 1991[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co., 1991. — 791.5 Si
  • Cute puppets to make with glue and paper or simple sewing skills. Look for spooky spiders, a talking fox, a spring chick or woodland fairies. These designs are not for the youngest children.
    Book, 1997Danbury, CT : Grolier Educational, 1997. — 745.592 Or
  • Young kids can make a dragon, a wizard, a pig, a pony and finger puppets out of easy-to-find materials.
    Book, 1994Toronto, Ont. : Greey de Pencier Books ; Buffalo, NY : Firefly Books (U.S.), [1994], ©1994. — 745.5 Wa
  • A short book that has lots of basic advice on how to make puppets and put on a puppet show.
    Book, 1996Chicago, IL : World Book, 1996. — 791.53 Bu
  • A book for teens or younger kids with adult help. It includes some examples of paper bag puppets and other hand puppets, but this book is most interesting for its photos and discussion of professional quality puppetry methods.
    Book, 1983Worcester, Mass. : Davis Publications, [1983], ©1983. — 745.5922 Fl
  • Worlds of Shadow

    Teaching With Shadow Puppetry

    Wisniewski, David
    For teachers or older students, learn how to work traditional puppetry into social studies, theater, and storytimes.
    eBook, 1997Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1997. — 372.66 Wi
  • Are you in desperate need of some good old-fashioned quality time with your kids? There's nothing more bonding than sitting down at your kitchen table and letting those creative juices flow with glue, glitter and googly eyes.
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