Investigates the recent revival of puppetry in theater, dance, and opera houses, including in large-scale works like "War Horse" and "The Lion King." Covers topics like puppetry techniques for making objects seem alive, puppetry mechanisms, and how readers might audition and rehearse with puppets.

Describes how to make and operate many types of puppets, from sock and shadow puppets to marionettes, and how to create puppet theaters.

Describes how to make puppets, key props, and the perfect stage that will bring the classic fairy tale The three little pigs to life. Includes a fun starter script, helpful acting and performance tips, and clever suggestions for making this play unique.

The boy polishes the Magicians wands and catches the rabbits that the Magician pulls out of his hats. But the boy's favorite job is operation the puppets for the Magicians' famous puppet play, "Saint George and the Dragon, "--Until one terrible day when, in the middle of a performance, the boy can't find the Saint George puppet. The magician is furious. He points a long magical finger at the boy, and -- poof! -- the boy is suddenly in the strange...

Describes how to make puppets, key props, and the perfect stage that will bring the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood to life. Includes a fun starter script, helpful acting and performance tips, and clever suggestions for making this play unique.

Hans, a foundling raised by a grave robber, helps Countess Angela Gabriela, nearly thirteen, when she is torn away from her dream of being a professional puppeteer by an evil archduke out to destroy her and her parents.

"The Yaga siblings--Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist--have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. But when they learn that they are to receive a mysterious inheritance, the siblings are reunited--only to discover that their bequest isn't land or money, but something far stranger: a sentient house on chicken legs. Thistlefoot, as the house...

"Using the window as her stage, Gramma uses the things in her basket to create a wonderful parade of shadow animals."-- Provided by publisher.