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1	Puppets: Methods and Materials more books like this by Cedric Flower, Alan Jon Fortney add to wishlist LEVEL: Key Stage 1 and 2. Create easy-to-make puppets, then apply the same tools and techniques for more complex puppets. Instructions are provided for using contemporary materials: foam, latex and Celastic. Also provides extensive coverage of puppet controls, screens, stage construction, and more. see all copies from $6.21! new only from $15.00! \| first editions
2	101 Hand Puppets: A Beginner's Guide to Puppeteering more books like this by Richard Cummings add to wishlist Step-by-step instructions for creating puppets, from simple handkerchief varieties to more advanced puppets for performers wanting to expand their cast of characters. Includes scripts for three plays and simple designs for stages and props. Over 60 black-and-white diagrams and illustrations. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $4.35! \| SVS
3	Leather gods & wooden heroes : Java's classical wayang more books like this by David Irvine add to wishlist see all copies from $13.80! new only from $67.08! \| first editions
4	Art of the Puppet more books like this by Bil Baird add to wishlist see all copies from $6.75! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Complete Book of Puppetry more books like this by George Latshaw add to wishlist Expert guide explains how to construct several types of puppets and presents exercises for developing distinctive voices, learning puppet movement. Includes stage design, writing plays, directing productions, more. Over 150 black-and-white illustrations. see all copies from $4.41! new only from $7.55! \| SVS
6	Puppets more books like this by Meryl Doney add to wishlist Part of the World Crafts series, this book l ooks at the country of origin of each type of puppet and pro vides a step-by-step guide to reproducing similar ones at ho me or school. Aimed at children of 9 years and above. ' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.38! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Tom Tichenor's Puppets more books like this add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	The Rooster's Horns: A Chinese Puppet Play to Make and Perform more books like this by Ed Young add to wishlist Presents the plot of a Chinese puppet play and includes directions for making shadow puppets and a theatre. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $142.76! \| first editions
9	Marionettes more books like this by Helen Fling, Charles Forbell (Illustrator) add to wishlist Instructions for constructing and costuming marionettes, stringing them for one or two hand control, manipulating them, and staging a show. see all copies from $3.21! new only from $22.95!
10	Directing Puppet Theatre Step by Step more books like this by Carol Fijan, Frank Ballard add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.68!
11	Making and Manipulating Marionettes more books like this by David Currell add to wishlist This work provides an introduction to the marionette tradition and the principles and practicalities of marionette design. It includes advice on materials and methods for carving, modelling and casting puppet parts. see all copies from $23.17! new only from $32.58! \| SVS
12	The Complete Book of Marionettes more books like this by Mabel And Les Beaton add to wishlist Absorbing, entertaining guide provides all the information needed to construct puppets and puppet theaters, including valuable advice on making heads, bodies, wigs, and puppet clothing, manipulating the puppet, setting up and furnishing a stage, lighting scenes, and building miniature pieces of furniture. Complete script for "Beauty and the Beast. ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $5.95!
13	Shadow Puppets for Children more books like this by Donald MacLean (Translator), Erika Zimmermann add to wishlist see all copies from $2.49!
14	The complete book of puppets and puppetteering more books like this by Robert Hanford add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15	Making Puppets Come Alive: How to Learn and Teach Hand Puppetry more books like this by Larry Engler, Carol Fijan add to wishlist Lucid, easy-to-follow book teaches beginners how to create a full working range of puppet motions and emotions. Also covers elements of good puppet theatrical technique. see all copies from $6.74! new only from $7.02! \| SVS
16	Rehearsing with Gods: Photographs and Essays on the Bread & Puppet Theater more books like this by Ronald T Simon, Marc Estrin add to wishlist With more than thirty years of pageantry behind it, the legendary Bread & Puppet Theater is one of America's most politically potent theater companies. Its gigantic puppets and larger-than-life pageantry make Bread & Puppet an unforgettable act of pomp and circumstance -- a folk legend that is reconstructed and celebrated through the photographs ... see all copies from $17.64! new only from $18.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Dracula: A Toy Theatre more books like this by Edward Gorey add to wishlist Bram Stoker's 1897 novel took place in the wild Carpathian Mountains, London and rural England, and various places in between. But the Dracula for which Edward Gorey created the set designs reproduced in miniature here--a version that ran to nearly a thousand Broadway performances--compresses the action to one locale: the sanatorium of Dr. Seward, ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $35.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Bread and Puppet Theatre more books like this by Stefan Brecht, Brecht S add to wishlist A book on the cultural and revolutionary florescence of the American Theatre, circa 1963-1973 A comprehensive study of the 'revolutionary' theatre of New York director/writer Peter Schumann including production details, photographs and extracts of the plays themselves. see all copies from $14.00! new only from $29.48! \| first editions
19 view cover	Inside the Drama-House: Rama Stories and Shadow Puppets in South India more books like this by Stuart Blackburn add to wishlist Stuart Blackburn takes the reader inside a little-known form of shadow puppetry in this captivating work about performing the Tamil version of the Ramayana epic. Blackburn describes the skill and physical stamina of the puppeteers in Kerala state in South India as they perform all night for as many as ten weeks during the festival season. The fact ... see all copies from $11.23! new only from $28.62! \| SVS
20 view cover	Puppet Planet more books like this by John E Kennedy add to wishlist From the author of the immensely popular "Puppet Mania" comes a new book with even more innovative projects and puppeteering secrets. John Kennedy's "Puppet Planet" shares twelve new puppet projects, each using a variety of techniques, many of which have never been presented in a book before. It features "action panels" so readers can see how each ... see all copies from $10.18! new only from $10.18! \| SVS
21	The Puppet Book: How to Make and Operate Puppets and Stage a Puppet Play more books like this by Claire Buchwald, Audrey Jakubiszyn (Illustrator) add to wishlist Presents instructions for making a puppet stage, hand puppets, sets and props, and a pre-recorded soundtrack of a play; provides tips on rehearsing and performing a puppet play; and includes six original plays. see all copies from $2.20!
22 view cover	Strings, Hands, Shadows: A Modern Puppet History more books like this by John Bell add to wishlist The artistry of puppetry includes aspects of the visual arts, theatre, music, and dance. Puppets can be traced as far back as ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, and are found today in cultures worldwide, across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. This work shows how puppets have been used to relay myths, poke fun at political figures, comment on ... see all copies from $10.37! new only from $18.21!
23	Folding Paper Puppets more books like this by Shari Lewis, Lillian Oppenheimer add to wishlist see all copies from $3.99! new only from $19.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Puppetry: A World History more books like this by Eileen Blumenthal add to wishlist An exploration of the cultural diversity and personalities of puppets throughout history examines the characterizations of numerous puppeteers as well as the often sophisticated technology that has gone into their creations, in a lavishly illustrated volume complemented by lively and informative text. 15,000 first printing. see all copies from $38.05! new only from $38.05! \| SVS
25 view cover	Hand Puppets: How to Make and Use Them more books like this by Laura Ross add to wishlist 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. see all copies from $2.43! new only from $3.93! \| first editions \| SVS

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