libraries and puppets

A guide to puppets in the library, providing information about how to select and purchase ready-made puppets, how to make puppets, and how to use them to share books, stories, and songs. Includes patterns.

A collection of over one hundred patterns for puppets made from paper bags, with directions for creating famous Americans, American writers, famous women, presidents, composers, folk heroes, and storybook and Halloween characters. Includes suggestions for the use of the puppets, as well as related riddles and stories.

Illustrates several easy-to-make puppets and puppet theaters, and gives examples of how the puppets may be used to promote children's literature.

Examines the reasons for using puppetry in the library, and discusses technique; script writing and adaptation; the one-person puppet program; puppets, stages, scenery, and props; and puppetry as part of the librarian's job. Includes five puppet show scripts, and two stage-building plans.