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Title: Puppet Mania: The World's Most Incredible Puppet Making Book Ever by John E. Kennedy ISBN: 1-58180-372-9 Publisher: North Light Books Pub. Date: February, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ready, set, create...
Comment: I teach puppet making and puppetry to children and have MANY how-to puppet books in my collection. I was immediately attracted to the cover of this book because the puppets on the front were obviously not the usual sock puppets or glove puppets found in many books.
In this book, John Kennedy, who has been working with puppets since he was eight and who has made puppets for use in television and the Muppet Review in Disney World, presents some fun ideas for those intermediate puppet makers who have already had success making simple puppets and want to move on to more technical puppets.
In addition to step-by-step photos, patterns and instructions to make the dozen or so puppets, there are hints on how to manipulate them, create different expressions and change the basic puppet to make a variety of different characters.
The feature I enjoyed most was John's comments throughout describing how he first came to create each type of puppet, many of which he designed when he was a child or young teen.
In several instances he mentioned that the puppet shown had originally started out as something else and had grown into its present form gradually. I feel that it is important that children realize that even "professional" artists and craftsmen go through a developmental process before achieving a finished product.
A fun book, but definitely not for beginning puppet makers or very young children, as the puppets are quite sophisticated and there is extensive use of the hot glue gun.
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Title: The Foam Book : An Easy Guide to Building Polyfoam Puppets by Drew Allison, Donald Devet ISBN: 0967857503 Publisher: Grey Seal Puppets, Inc. Pub. Date: 17 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: 101 Hand Puppets : A Beginner's Guide to Puppeteering by Richard Cummings ISBN: 0486423158 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 30 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Muppets Make Puppets!/Book and Puppet Kit: How to Make Puppets Out of All Kinds of Stuff Around Your House by Cheryl Henson, David Cain, John E. Barrett, Muppet Workshop ISBN: 1563057085 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Puppets: Methods & Materials by Cedric Flower, Alan Fortney ISBN: 0871921421 Publisher: Sterling Publishing Pub. Date: June, 1983 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Making Puppets Come Alive : How to Learn and Teach Hand Puppetry by Larry Engler, Carol Fijan ISBN: 0486293785 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 23 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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