Puppets and Puppeteers In Children's Books

What kind of puppets do you like??
Hand puppets….finger puppets…
Shadow puppets…marionettes….
Glove puppets….junk puppets…???

Here are some puppet tales to enjoy!!

Bryant, Jill Making Shadow Puppets
J 791.53 Bryant
Describes how to create traditional shadow
puppets based on designs from around the
world, including instructions for wooden rod
puppets, portable screen setups, and scenery
and script ideas.











Collodi, Carlo Pinocchio
J Fic Collodi
Pinocchio, a wooden puppet full of
tricks and mischief, with a talent
for getting into and out of trouble,
wants more than anything else to
become a real boy.




Durrett, Deanne Jim Henson
J B Henson
Biography of the famous puppeteer
and creator of the Muppets.














Love, D. Anne The Puppeteer’s Apprentice
J Fic Love
A medieval orphan girl called Mouse gains
the courage she needs to follow her dreams
of becoming a puppeteer's apprentice.



Paterson, Katherine The Master Puppeteer
J Fic Paterson
A thirteen-year-old boy describes the poverty
and discontent of eighteenth century Osaka and
the world of puppeteers in which he lives.














Pilegard, Virginia W. The Warlord’s Puppeteers
E Pilegard
While traveling back to their warlord's palace in
ancient China, Chuan and the artist to whom he
is apprenticed join a troupe of puppeteers and
Chuan learns about puppet proportions.
Includes instructions for making a simple sock puppet.

Roberts, Diane Puppet Pandemonium
J Fic Roberts
Baker is unhappy about leaving Seattle--
and his job as director of his grandmother's
puppet shows--to start fifth grade in a small
Texas town, but a local festival provides an
opportunity to overcome his shyness and
prove himself.

Sierra, Judy Fantastic Theater:
Puppets and Plays For Young
Performers and Young Audiences
J 791.53 Sierra
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.