Puppetry Books and Resources

Puppets and Puppet Making

Title Author Other	Usual Price and Comments
Make Your Own Performing Puppets Teddy Cameron Long	$19.95 Hardcover - 96 pages Reading level: Ages 9-12
Plenty Of Puppets To Make Robin Supraner	$3.55 Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback - 47 pages
Worlds Of Shadow: Teaching With Shadow Puppets David and Donna Wisniewski	$24.00 Paperback
Simple Puppets From everyday Materials Barbara MacDonald Buetter and Nancy Buetter	$12.55 Paperback
Making Puppets Come Alive: How To Learn and Teach Hand Puppetry Larry Engler	$8.05 Paperback
Puppets Methods and Materials Cedric Fortney	$17.95 Hardcover
You Can Do Christian Puppets: A Beginner's Guide Bea Carlbon	$11.65 Paperback
Puppet Ministry Magic Dale and Liz Vonsegger	$13.49 Paperback - 128 pages

Shadow Puppets

Fun With Hand Shadows: Step By Step Instructions For More Than 70 Shadow Puppets Sati Achaith and Bala Chandran	$8.05 Paperback
Inside The Drama House: Rama Stories Shadow Puppets Stuart H. Blackburn	$22.50 Paperback
Shadow Games: A Book Of Hand And Puppet Shadows Bill Mayer Peter Foy	$9.85 Reading level: Ages 9-12 Flashlights are magic wands when the lights go down, and this book takes full advantage of that magic with five pages of die-cut shadow creatures, whose looming shadows play across the wall with the help of a sealed-battery Duracell flashlight (included). Also featured are instructions for making shadows, plus a photographic spread of a solar eclipse.
Hand Shadows And More Hand Shadows Henry Bursill	$2.25 Paperback - 64 pages Reading level: Ages 4-8
FunWith Hand Shadows Frank Jacobs and Henry Bursill	Just $0.90 Paperback - 57 pages

Marionette

Marionettes: How to Make And Use Them Helen Fling	$7.15 Paperback - 185 pages Card catalog description Instructions for constructing and costuming marionettes, stringing them for one or two hand control, manipulating them, and staging a show
Marionettes And String Puppets Daniel E. Hodges	$19.96 Paperback - 176 pages

Hand

Hand Puppets How to Make and Use Them Laura Ross	$7.15 Paperback - 192 pages Card catalog description Directions and diagrams for making various types of puppets, dressing and handling them, setting up a stage, and writing and producing one's own show. Includes three puppet plays.
Create your Own Hand Puppets Diane Fisher	$6.95 Paperback - 36 pages Reading level: Ages 4-8

Rod

The Muppets Make Puppets Cheryl Henson	$15.25 Paperback - 112 pages Bk&Pup kit edition Reading level: Ages 4-8 A kit from the artists of the Muppet Workshop includes instructions and all the materials needed to turn household objects into a variety of imaginative puppets, such as googly eyes, feathers, and silly noses.
Jim Henson: The Works: The Art, The Magic, The Imagination Christopher Finch	$36.00 Hardcover - 251 pages A tribute to the creativity of the late Jim Henson presents more than five hundred full-color photographs, drawings, and behind-the-scenes designs of the Muppets, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and other works.
Jim Henson: Muppet Master Nathan Aaseng	$13.50 Library Binding - 40 pages Reading level: Ages 9-12 Card catalog description Recounts how Jim Henson brought to life the Muppets and how he made other advances in the world of puppetry.

Ventriloquist

Perky Puppets With A Purpose; a Complete Guide to Puppetry and Ventriloquism in Christian Ministry Mary Rose Pearson	$12.95 Paperback
I Can See Your Lips Moving: The Art and History of Ventriloquism Valentin Vox	$35.00 Hardcover
Ventriloquism Made Easy Kolby King	$4.45 Paperback - 96 pages
How To Become a Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen	$20.95 Hardcover
Ventriloquism In A Nutshell Detweiler	$5.00 Paperback

History And Traditions

A History of European Puppetry: From It's Origins Till The End of the Nineteenth Century Henryk Jurkowski Penny Francis	$129.95 Hardcover
Popular Puppet Theatre In Europe: A History 1800-1914 John McCormack and Bennie Pratasik	$80.00 Hardcover - 320 pages
Karagiozis: Culture and Comedy in Greek Puppet Theatre Puppetry Library George Miller	$35.00 Hardcover - 236 pages

Plays

Puppet Shows Made Easy: (Puppetry In Education Series) Nancy Renfro	$18.95 Paperback Spiral edition
Puppet Plays Plus: Hand Puppet Plays for 2 Puppeteers Phyllis Noe Pflomm	$31.00 Hardcover - 253 pages
Multicultural Folktales: Stories To Tell Young Children Judy Sierra	$31.50 Paperback - 136 pages Reading level: Ages 4-8
Storytelling With Puppets Connie Champlin	$35.00 Paperback - 264 pages
Playwriting for The Puppet Theatre Jean Mattson	$24.95 Paperback - 176 pages
Fantastic Theatre: Puppets And Plays For Young Performers and Young Audiences Judy Sierra	$50.00 Hardcover *From Horn Book* A collection of plays for shadow and rod puppets contains detailed instructions on making the puppets and staging the plays. Many of the plays are very simple, based in general on familiar material such as nursery rhymes and folklore. The directions are clear enough for children to follow.
Storytelling Adventures: Stories Kids Can Tell Vivian Dubrovin	$14.95 Paperback Kids will learn how to make a glove puppet, a topsy-turvy doll, and a story pillow. They will discover how to create story magic with a tiny cube, tell tales with cookies, develop drama with demonstrations, and project excitement with shadow puppets. They will learn how to write a storytelling script and adapt example stories into their own tales.
Storytelling for The Fun Of It: A Handbook For Children Vivian Dubrovin	$16.95 Paperback
Create Your Own Storytelling Stories Vivian Dubrovin	$12.95 Paperback Shows young storytellers how to turn the events in their lives into performance quality telling tales. Learn to uncover ideas. Discover how to create characters. Map out a story plan. Customize tales for every audience. Find props that add sparkle. Sprinkle magic into your stories.

Stages

Puppets and Masks: Stagecraft And Storytelling by Nan Rump

Stories

Walt Disney's Pinocchio

Adventures Of Pinocchio by Sue Kassuer

R.L.Strine (9-12) Goosebumps

Night Of The Living Dummy

Night of The Living Dummy II

Night Of the Living Dummy III
Bride of The Living Dummy

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